Everyone knows that Republicans—like those in Virginia—are all about getting government out of peoples' lives. Except when it comes to a woman's right to choose, of course, something Virginia knows all too well. more ›

Tim Day, the Ward 5 Republican who uncovered Harry Thomas, Jr.'s corruption, claims that he has been victim of harassment by political foes. more ›

The District may only have 16 delegates to give to a Republican contender, but for Mitt Romney's slow march towards the 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination, no delegate is being left behind. more ›

Yesterday, we caught wind of a Washington Post Live event featuring Post food critic Tom Sietsema and D.C.'s favorite culinary ambassador, José Andrés. Eater's article on the conversation initially made it seem the chef accused Republicans of not properly appreciating taps. Turns out that wasn't the case. more ›

While at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, we dropped in on a dating seminar for single Republicans. The mostly male audience left a bit disappointed. more ›

The D.C. GOP may be small, with under 30,000 registered members citywide, but its size hasn't stopped it from trying to get local Republicans elected to office. Looking to 2012, the party is fielding a number of contenders in some big ticket local races. more ›

The last we heard from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), he was talking about expanded budget autonomy. Today, he's apparently headed in the opposite direction, introducing legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices. more ›

Today, the D.C. GOP welcomed Ron Moten to the fold in his run against Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander. Here's why it makes sense, and how it's still going to be an uphill climb. more ›

Ron Moten, the Peaceaholics co-founder who had made overtures about running for the D.C. Council seat currently held by Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), now tells the Washington Post that he is planning on running -- as a Republican. more ›

For years, members of the D.C. Council have feuded over access to one of two luxury suites they have access to at the Verizon Center. But for the sake of the city's sanity and its bottom line, the D.C. GOP wants those tickets auctioned off. more ›

Earlier this week, we reported that the Office of Campaign Finance's interpretation of laws regarding donations to partisan organizations by Councilmembers clashed with a complaint made by the D.C. GOP, which argued such donations were against regulations. But that doesn't mean that OCF won't be proceeding with an investigation. more ›

The D.C. GOP may not have the best of luck when it comes to getting someone elected to office, but it's certainly on a roll when it comes to calling out elected officials on their shenanigans. more ›

You know that saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"? That seems to have been lost on one local group trying to recall Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) from office next year. more ›

There's a lot of frustration with the District's government these days, most of which has to do with inside baseball -- whether that's bills being pushed through without public vetting, shady hiring practices, or the misappropriation of supposedly independent trust funds. But at least a good number of the city's Councilmembers remain freely accessible to their constituents, unlike a growing number of congressional Republicans. more ›

Abortion clearly remains a controversial social issue for Republicans, but same-sex marriage, needle-exchange programs and medical marijuana don't seem to be attracting the same ire they once did. more ›

During his recent campaign for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council, Republican Patrick Mara often argued that advocates for D.C. voting rights and autonomy didn't do enough to engage congressional Republicans, opting instead to demonize them. Mara didn't win the race -- he came in a close second to Vincent Orange -- but he's recently been given a chance to put his pro-Republican voting rights pitches to the test. more ›

Ahead of this afternoon's protest on the Hill, it's good to remind ourselves why having legislative and budgetary autonomy is so damn important for the District. For that, we turn to Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC). more ›

Paul Craney, the executive director of the D.C. Republican Committee, got quite the surprise when he came into the office today -- someone had shot out the windows of the party's headquarters at 1275 K Street NW with what appeared to be small caliber pellets. more ›

Did you know that Patrick Mara, current Ward 1 Member of the D.C. State Board of Education and a candidate running in the race to fill an at-large D.C. Council seat, is a Republican? Did you also know that former President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain are also Republicans? If you did not realize these facts, then boy, do we have the site for you. more ›

We're still looking over the 2,400-plus-page budget released by President Barack Obama yesterday to figure out how it will affect the District, but a Republican resolution introduced in the House on Friday also warrants mentioning: the Continuting Resolution, HR 1, would slice federal payments to the District by approximately $80 million, and would reduce the amount of funding for WMATA to zero over the next eight months. more ›

We don't usually publish press releases verbatim, but there's always a time for an exception to that rule. In a release issued this afternoon, Rep. José Serrano (D-NY) comes out swinging against Republicans for their insistence on lording over the District. Our words don't do it justice, so give it a read yourself. The least we can say is, "Thank you." Or, maybe more appropriate for the circumstances, "Hell yeah, José!" more ›

Nice message, terrible timing.

Today, the D.C. Republican Party sent a letter to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in which it encouraged her "to work with the new Republican Congress, build a working relationship with the new leadership and reach out to freshmen House Republicans toward a goal of obtaining DC Voting Rights." more ›

In the third piece of legislation crafted this session, House Republicans have moved to prohibit the use of federal taxpayer dollars in funding abortions -- and they've included the District's locally-raised tax dollars in that prohibition. more ›

I'm not one for hyperbole, but here goes -- the Republican plan to cut billions of dollars in spending, including $210 million for the District, could well sink the city into a financial mess that it couldn't quickly emerge from. more ›

Looks like the vote of Eleanor Holmes Norton isn't the only thing that House Republicans want to strip away from the District. The Spending Reduction Act of 2011, a bill constructed by the Republican Study Committee led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and unveiled this morning in Washington, suggests nearly $2.5 trillion in spending reductions over the next ten years, including $330 billion in discretionary spending cuts -- like the elimination of $210 million in general assistance to the District of Columbia and a $150 million subsidy for WMATA. more ›

Despite yesterday's vociferous protest and a meeting inside the office of new Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton lost her vote as the House of Representatives voted to approve new procedural rules this afternoon. The new House Republican majority passed the package of regulations for the 112th Congress this afternoon 225-188, a party-line vote. Norton had previously been permitted to vote on matters in the Committee of the Whole, like amendments to tax and spending legislation, although her vote was only counted when it was not the deciding tally. Republicans argue that allowing delegates like Norton to vote on the floor of the House is unconstitutional. In a press release, Norton warned that "we will need the help of the top elected District officials and District residents, because we are sure this is only the first attack on our rights." more ›

When I interviewed Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in September, I asked her what her biggest challenge was. She responded, "I've been able to things done, even when Republicans [control the Congress]. You've got to say "how can I deal with them? I may have to deal with them again." Well, she'll certainly have to deal with a lot more Republicans during the next session of Congress -- and she'll have to deal with them without a vote on the floor of the House. more ›

Is there a single Republican in the House of Representatives interested in being able to force his or her personal stances on thousands of people who live in the District of Columbia? Are we so unwanted that even the people who would salivate at overturning the laws we've passed are saying "no thanks" and choosing to accept more lucrative assignments? It's starting to feel that way. more ›

Last week, we reported that in the wake of the Republican Party's takeover of the House, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) would likely be elevated to the post of the District's official minder and overlord on the Hill. Chaffetz is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia after all, so his ascendancy to the chairmanship would make sense. But today, Talking Points Memo confirms an intriguing rumor that has been making the rounds -- Chaffetz may be put in charge of another subcommittee, leaving the lordship over the District to someone else. more ›

It's not easy being a Republican in the District. This is one of the country's most heavily Democratic cities, and even with two seats on the D.C. Council set aside for minority parties, Republicans don't currently have a presence in the city's legislature. (Both seats are held by independents, one of whom, David Catania, used to be a Republican.) So it makes sense that the D.C. GOP would do pretty much anything in its power to get attention -- anything. more ›