January 12, 2017 2016 insiders talk a big game – but their records in Congress are thin If they let their records speak for them, then almost all of the candidates running in this year’s Republican and Democratic presidential primaries would have some serious explaining to do.
January 12, 2017 Lawmakers raise alarm after radio failures during Navy Yard shooting Lawmakers are calling on federal investigators to track down why cops, firefighters and medics -- for the third time in the last year -- suffered from faulty equipment and busted communication lines during a crisis.
January 12, 2017 Now What? Government shutdown to be felt across America Hundreds of thousands of Americans are waking up Tuesday unsure about where their next paycheck will come from. Others will find their vacations to national parks cut short. Others still will find the frustration of the federal bureaucracy ... even more frustrating, with fewer federal workers around to handle their questions.
January 12, 2017 Watchdog questions $174G death benefit for millionaire senator's wife As D.C. lawmakers talk tough over a looming government shutdown, one item House members have not said much about is a six-figure “gift” they tucked into the latest spending bill. The little-noticed provision would pay the widow of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg – already a millionaire -- $174,000 in tax-free funds.
December 30, 2016 House votes to overturn Obama immigration actions, bill heads to Senate The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to overturn President Obama's immigration actions from last November -- and to unravel a directive from 2012 protecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children -- sending the bill to the Senate where it faces an uncertain fate.
December 30, 2016 House rebukes Obama over immigration actions, spending fight looms House Republicans voted Thursday to block President Obama's immigration executive actions, though it was unclear whether the largely symbolic step would be enough to prevent a risky budget stand-off next week.
December 7, 2016 Ohio House committee approves bill banning abortion after 20-weeks Abortions would be banned after 20 weeks under a bill that Republican lawmakers hope to pass Thursday and add to legislation already on its way to GOP Gov. John Kasich that would prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
December 6, 2016 House backs away from vote to impeach IRS commissioner The House of Representatives turned aside an attempt by conservative hard-liners to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen for his handling of congressional investigations into the tax agency.
November 30, 2016 House approves $6.3B bill to speed up medical research, drug approvals The House easily approved a sweeping biomedical bill Wednesday that would help drug and medical device companies win swifter government approval of their products, boost disease research and drug-abuse spending and revamp federal mental health programs.
November 16, 2016 Ryan halts House GOP attempt to restore earmarks House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unilaterally halted a bid Wednesday to restore earmarks, those directives that steer federal funds to specific projects back home.