Western Pa. Republicans and Democrats divided as House passes contentious GOP bill

Western Pa. Republicans and Democrats divided as House passes contentious GOP bill

WASHINGTON — Western Pennsylvania Republicans celebrated and Democrats lamented the party-line passage of Republicans’ major tax and policy...

Republicans Pass Megabill, GOP Rebels Cowed

(Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)House Republicans, whether described as “moderates” or “hardliners,” have given up their ideological disagreements, which had given rise to divisions that kept Washington in a recurring state of legislative gridlock for years. In particular, the combative faction that pushed out two House speakers and formally removed one is no longer in the lawmaking driver’s seat—they’re not even giving directions…