Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to ask that tariff suspensions be excluded from the earmark ban. The MTB remains critical to expanding manufacturing employment, the lawmakers wrote. In other words, its a jobs bill. U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, a former...

In other words, its a jobs bill. Fellow South Carolina Republican freshman Reps. Tim Scott and Jeff Duncan also signed the letter. Rep. Trey Gowdy, a former Spartanburg, S.C. , prosecutor who defeated then-incumbent Rep. Bob Inglis in the 2010...

And South Carolina is arguably ground zero for the Tea Party revolt, home of Sen. Jim DeMint and the “four horsemen” quartet of true believer House freshmen. Any of them could be a viable primary foe against Graham (and one of them, Trey Gowdy, already...

Congressional Republicans routinely accuse Democrats of treason, or worse, with little rebuke from party leaders. Reliably conservative lawmakers—like Bob Inglis and Dick Lugar—are challenged nonetheless for their insufficient hatred of Democrats. ...

You could tell a similar story in the House. In 2010, the only Republican incumbents to lose were Parker Griffiths–who had been a Republican for only a few weeks–and Bob Inglis, who had alienated conservatives over taxes, global warming, and national...

There is some evidence that a potentially critical chunk of swing voters are factoring in the horrific economic conditions that Barack Obama inherited from George W. Bush and giving him the benefit of the doubt. Obama’s ability probably depends on this...