Erica Werner, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, July 2, in Washington.

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Pelosi walks tightrope in stimulus talks

by Rachael Bade The Washington Post, and Erica Werner The Washington PostOctober 19, 2020

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking a gamble in coronavirus relief negotiations, playing hardball in 11th-hour talks when she thinks she has more leverage over President Donald Trump than ever.For weeks, the California Democrat has been…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., exits the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday.

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White House tacks again on stimulus, seeks airline bailout

by Jeff Stein The Washington Post, and Erica Werner The Washington PostOctober 7, 2020

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Flake announced he would not run for re-election in 2018, condemning in a speech aimed at President Donald Trump the "flagrant disregard of truth and decency" that is undermining American democracy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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GOP senators blister Trump

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

SEN. JOHN McCAIN, R-Ariz.

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McCain raps military deferments, won’t label Trump a draft dodger

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 23, 2017

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, after she and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced they have the “basic outlines” of a bipartisan deal to resume payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked.

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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 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., heads to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lambasting 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. A couple Republican senators who did have something to say Monday aligned themselves with Trump, not Corker. Barrasso disagrees with Corker, according to his office. “On tax cuts, border security, and rebuilding American infrastructure, they fight the same fight,” Barrasso’s office said of the president and the Wyoming Republican. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Trump goes after ‘Liddle Bob Corker’

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 10, 2017

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to a fundraiser in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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GOP senators mostly silent day after Corker’s attacks on Trump

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 9, 2017

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, flanked by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., left, and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., right, joins House Democrats in a call for action on gun safety legislation 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. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Some in GOP open to banning ‘bump stocks’

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 4, 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)

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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, joined by, from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters as he pushes a last-ditch effort to uproot former President Barack Obama's health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

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GOP pushes to kill Obamacare; late-night host pushes back

by Erica Werner AP Congressional CorrespondentSeptember 20, 2017