Mar 29, 2017 – House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger called a press conference for 6:30pm on Tuesday, presumably to announce … “We were prepared to have him work with the Democrats to get Democratic support, and we were going to work with our caucus to get Republican … RFRA is shorthand for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and Porter was referencing a short-lived 2015 Indiana law that would have…

Mar 28, 2017 – Mo Brooks, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, indicated his plan to use a legislative tactic that would force a floor vote on simply … Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, which played a major role in blocking the bill last week. … While GOP lawmakers are keeping most of the details tight lip, it appears that Paul Ryan is making sure the House Freedom Caucus is…

Mar 28, 2017 – While many are blaming the House Freedom Caucus for the failed GOP health care bill, Dana Loesch called the efforts of the Freedom … Freedom Caucus,” Loesch explained, adding that she believed the healthcare vote cancellation last week was a big victory for the Tea … Loesch added: “I think that this battle with the House Freedom Caucus and Paul Ryan is the most fascinating political battle of this…

Mar 28, 2017 – The House Freedom Caucus has been blamed for much in the past few days. … Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2017 The Republican House Freedom Caucus was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … I applaud the Freedom Caucus and their unwillingness to compromise.…

Mar 28, 2017 – I have argued that the members of the Freedom Caucus who opposed TrumpCare aka the AHCA are heroes. … Donald Trump apparently disagrees: The Republican House Freedom Caucus was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. … Here’s the problem with Trump’s latest tantrum: the folks in the Freedom Caucus were not the only people who opposed this dog of a…

Mar 27, 2017 – Politico Magazine describes how the Freedom Caucus and their policy concerns were treated by the White House. … It’s impossible to ignore the failure because for the Freedom Caucus it was probably impossible to ignore the the defection of these … Members of the Freedom Caucus realized right away that there would be no negotiating.…

Mar 27, 2017 – Despite the hue and cry over the House Freedom Caucus’ refusal to sign on to the health care legislation backed by both President … However, while most of the headlines focused on Freedom Caucus opposition to the bill, moderate opposition to the bill was equally … It was Thursday afternoon and members of the House Freedom Caucus were peppering the president with wonkish concerns about the American…

Mar 27, 2017 – Ted Poe (R-Texas) resigned from the House Freedom Caucus Sunday, citing his dissatisfaction with the group and their unwillingness … The Freedom Caucus is a group of staunch conservative lawmakers who recently blocked President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul … Republican leaders tried very hard to sway the House Freedom Caucus members by altering the ACA’s so-called essential health benefits…

Mar 27, 2017 – Leftist MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tore into chief White House strategist Steve Bannon Monday morning. … According to several reports, Bannon and an unnamed member of the House Freedom Caucus exchanged barbs about the AHCA, which began … The unnamed House Freedom Caucus member reportedly fired back at Bannon: You know, the last time someone ordered me to something,…

Mar 27, 2017 – A new report from the Washington Post shows that House Speaker Paul Ryan used desperate measures to round up Republican votes as the … If the reports are true, it appears that Trump and Ryan tried to “good cop, bad cop” the Freedom Caucus. … Congress and the White House have signaled that they will move on from healthcare and tackle tax reform.…

Mar 27, 2017 – For those who saw last week’s Obamacare replacement bill as a stinker, the House Freedom Caucus are heroes. … Said Poe: “I have resigned from the House Freedom Caucus. … Leaving this caucus will allow me to be a more effective Member of Congress and advocate for the people of Texas.…

Mar 27, 2017 – The defeat of the bill was glorious, and the members of the Freedom Caucus who opposed it are heroes. … You don’t lose your car insurance or life insurance or house insurance if you lose your job; you shouldn’t lose your health insurance … if his house burns down.…

Mar 26, 2017 – Here is President Trump taking to Twitter over the last few days in regards to the Freedom Caucus: The irony is that the Freedom … The House Freedom Caucus just single-handedly saved #Obamacare. … When the Freedom Caucus helped to push John Boehner out as Speaker of the House and then insured that Rep.…

Mar 26, 2017 – First, Trump used Judge Jeanine Pirro as his messenger to get Paul Ryan to step down as Speaker of the House. … He tweeted: Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned … Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2017 So he fails on the Obamacare replacement bill, and he’s blaming House Freedom Caucus members…

Mar 26, 2017 – Jordan, a member of the much derided House Freedom Caucus, reiterated the familiar words of many Republican candidates across the country … But it must have a majority of the House. … Conservatives and the House Freedom Caucus took early blame for the AHCA’s passage or failure, even though moderates and the Tuesday…

Mar 26, 2017 – First, their anger was directed at the members of the House Freedom Caucus, many of whom were not going to vote for the bill.…

Apr 11, 2017 – While House Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows insisted last month that none of his group’s members were pushing for Speaker Ryan to … As a House Freedom Caucus member, it seems safe to assume Amash can’t mean he wants Ryan to start handing out goodies to Democrats. … If you’re scratching your head in bemusement thinking, isn’t that the guy the House Freedom Caucus helped usher out the door in 2015…

Apr 6, 2017 – Not even two weeks ago, legislation to address Obamacare was pulled but, at the urging of Vice President Mike Pence and the House Freedom … While the White House looks to win over the Freedom Caucus, that group remains skeptical. … “I am confident that we need to look at the text to make sure that this works,” said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows.…

Apr 6, 2017 – Last week, Dan Scavino, an aide to President Trump, tweeted that Freedom Caucus member Justin Amash should be “defeated in a primary … Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said that it was “highly inappropriate” for a top White House aide to “personally call for the … Scavino is also the social media director for the White House and has made it clear how foolish he is to attack the Freedom Caucus…

Apr 6, 2017 – Wednesday’s big news out of the Trump administration may have been the report of White House chief strategist, Steve Bannon, being … Bannon resisted the move, even threatening at one point to quit if it went forward, according to a White House official who, like others … Some suggest it was Bannon who instructed Trump to go hard at the House Freedom Caucus, but it was his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, that…

Apr 6, 2017 – Two of the others are veteran members of the SC House of Representatives, both of whom are moderates critical of the House Freedom … Caucus. … If Republicans cannot deliver conservative reform with control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, then the future is bleak…

Apr 20, 2017 – Late last night, Huffington Post broke news of a reported House compromise to “repeal” Obamacare. … Over to HuffPost: The deal, brokered between House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Tuesday Group co-chairman Tom … Obamacare *might* be repealed in your state, if your legislators and governor have the balls to do what the House GOP apparently does…

Apr 20, 2017 – Ted Cruz is apparently already a little worried about Republicans keeping the White House in 2020. … “Those voices in the White House that are trying to get the White House to unload on conservatives, to unload on the Freedom Caucus … , are doing the bidding of the left, of [House Democratic Leader] Nancy Pelosi [Calif.] and [Senate Democratic Leader] Chuck Schumer…

May 4, 2017 – Speaker of the House Paul Ryan finally managed to do it: he got rid of that self-serving, “signature” legislation Democrats called … And then there’s the “House of Cards” nature of politics. … The Freedom Caucus voted no on Ryan’s original bill, but never really grandstanded about it (they could have been much more in the…

May 4, 2017 – It’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of the healthcare bill that just passed in the House of Representatives. … The best thing Kentucky Senator Rand Paul could say was that the House Freedom Caucus made the bill “a lot less bad.” … @RandPaul: "The House Freedom Caucus made the bill a lot less bad." pic.twitter.com/T8Ka4ZxRp6 — Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2017…