Republican Party

Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

By Stephen Braun | May 17, 2013

Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built...
Another round for the House on PPACA

By Richard Alonso-Zaldivar | May 16, 2013

One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it.
Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party

By Stephen Ohlemacher | May 15, 2013

The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the IRS just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups.
Arizona Senate to move budget over Medicaid fight

By Bob Christie | May 15, 2013

A long-awaited state budget that funds operations for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was introduced Tuesday in the Arizona Senate and could come up for a vote later this week, clearing the way for a debate on Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion.
Obama declares health care law 'is here to stay'

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Julie Pace | May 10, 2013

President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect.
GOP boycotts health care advisory board

By Jim Abrams | May 9, 2013

House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act.
House to vote to prioritize debt payments

By Andrew Taylor | May 9, 2013

The Republican-controlled House is moving to put U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security at the front of the line to be paid if the government hits its borrowing limit and is unable to meet all of its obligations.
Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

By Erica Werner | May 8, 2013

A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.
How many hours will it take to comply with PPACA?

By Kathryn Mayer | May 8, 2013

House Republicans offer a glimpse at just how many hours it might take to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Heritage study sets off immigration bill squabble

By Erica Werner | May 6, 2013

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally.