Erica Werner, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is questioned by reporters about a derisive exchange of name-calling with President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. In a remarkable Republican war of words, Corker says Trump is "utterly untruthful" and debases the nation. Then the president fires back that the two-term lawmaker "couldn't get elected dog catcher." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP sens blister Trump, reveal party at war with itself

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

WASHINGTON — A pair of senators from President Donald Trump’s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with itself. Jeff Flake of Arizona declared he would not be…

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Defense Secretary James Mattis, speak to members of the media after their meeting Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Sen. McCain declines to label Trump as a draft dodger

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 23, 2017

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, the morning after they reached a deal to resume federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump had halted. Sen. Alexander says Trump called him Wednesday morning "to be encouraging" of bipartisan efforts to come up with a plan to stabilize health insurance premiums. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump gives more mixed signals in bipartisan health deal

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 18, 2017

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, accompanied by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, after he and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., say they have the "basic outlines" of a bipartisan deal to resume payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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A short-term health deal by senators — with Trump’s blessing

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressOctober 17, 2017

FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., emerges from a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lambasting President Donald Trump and raising dark concerns about harm the president might cause the U.S. and the world. He’s just the only one who’s sounding off in public. Meadows criticized Corker, saying he finds “those type of comments to not be appropriate especially coming from the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, and certainly not in keeping with what I know of the way that things are conducted in the West Wing, having been there multiple times.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Corker’s attacks on Trump highlight broader concerns in GOP

by Erica Werner AP Congressional CorrespondentOctober 9, 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a tax reform town hall with employees at the Dixon Valve & Coupling Company factory in Chestertown, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. The National Rifle Association joined the Trump administration and top congressional Republicans in a surprising joint embrace of a gun control measure, albeit a narrow one: to regulate “bump stocks,” legal devices the Las Vegas shooter apparently used to effectively automate his weapons _ to lethal effect. Ryan added his support, too, as have other top Republicans. “Obviously we need to look at how we can tighten up the compliance with this law so that fully automatic weapons are banned,” the Wisconsin Republican told reporters at an event in Chestertown, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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White House and NRA open to (a little) gun control

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 5, 2017

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking, joined by, from left, former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., call for action on gun safety legislation with fellow Democrats on the House steps Wednesday morning after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas this week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011 while speaking to constituents in Tucson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Dem senator seeks to ban ‘bump stocks’ used in Vegas

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressOctober 4, 2017

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flanked by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks to reporters as they faced assured defeat on the Graham-Cassidy bill, the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. The decision marked the latest defeat on the issue for President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Republican-controlled Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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‘Obamacare’ survives; GOP concedes on last-gasp repeal try

by Erica Werner Associated PressSeptember 26, 2017

FILE -- In this July 27, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain says he won't vote for the Republican bill repealing the Obama health care law. His statement likely deals a fatal blow to the last-gasp GOP measure in a Senate showdown expected next week. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)Cliff Owen

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GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressSeptember 22, 2017

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., center, listens as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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GOP senator defends health bill from Kimmel’s attacks

by Erica Werner Associated PressSeptember 20, 2017

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GOP sens blister Trump, reveal party at war with itself

Sen. McCain declines to label Trump as a draft dodger

Trump gives more mixed signals in bipartisan health deal

A short-term health deal by senators — with Trump’s blessing

Corker’s attacks on Trump highlight broader concerns in GOP

White House and NRA open to (a little) gun control

Dem senator seeks to ban ‘bump stocks’ used in Vegas

‘Obamacare’ survives; GOP concedes on last-gasp repeal try

GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow

GOP senator defends health bill from Kimmel’s attacks

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