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May 2, 2016

House bill: Firms could skirt health law by hiring vets

On the new Congress' first day, the House unanimously approved Republican legislation Tuesday making it easier for smaller companies to avoid providing health care coverage to their workers by hiring veterans.

April 28, 2016

House backs bill to use testimonials to combat terrorism

The House passed a bill Tuesday requiring the Department of Homeland Security to usetestimonials from former extremists and other social media messages to combat "Hollywood-style propaganda" used by the Islamic State and other militant groups to recruit new members.

April 28, 2016

Brussels attacks reignite Syrian refugee debate on Capitol Hill

The Brussels terror attacks that killed at least 31 people Tuesday have reignited the debate on Capitol Hill over the Obama administration’s plans to let in thousands more Syrian refugees, amid fears the Islamic State could use the opening to enter and threaten the homeland.

April 28, 2016

House declares ISIS committing genocide against Christians, other minorities

The House approved a resolution Monday that declares the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East -- putting even more pressure on the Obama administration to do the same ahead of a deadline later this week.

April 28, 2016

Lawmakers propose bill to privatize air traffic control

Responsibility for the nation's air traffic control operations would shift from the government to a private, nonprofit corporation under legislation introduced Wednesday as part of an overhaul of how Washington oversees the aviation system.

April 28, 2016

Congress is in session – but not doing much

Not a lot gets done in Washington in a presidential election year. Couple that with a prodigious blizzard which buries the city, and things are more or less at a standstill on Capitol Hill.

February 1, 2016

House leader: Criminal justice revamp doable, but could wait

An overhaul of the nation's criminal justice system may have to wait until next year, a top congressional Republican said Monday, in the latest indication that the bipartisan effort might succumb to election-year pressures.

December 21, 2015

Gingrich: Why doubling NIH budget would benefit all of us

All taxpayers have a reason to support a drastic increase in government funding for research: We, the taxpayers, are spending tens of billions each year to treat patients with kidney disease—the nation’s ninth-leading cause of death—and yet we are investing very little in trying to cure it.

December 21, 2015

Republicans challenge authority to delay, 'ignore' ObamaCare provision

House Republicans are escalating their scrutiny of the decision to delay a key part of the health care overhaul, questioning whether the Obama administration even has the authority to "ignore the law" without the approval of Congress. 

December 21, 2015

Lawmakers renew push to prevent military pension cuts

A group of Republican lawmakers has renewed an effort to undo pension cuts to military retirees included in the recently passed budget agreement and offset the costs by reining in an IRS credit that illegal immigrants have claimed.