December 21, 2015 House set to vote on bill banning plastic guns amid 3D printing worries The House is expected to vote this week on renewing a 25-year-old law that bans the production of undetectable guns, in an age when new technology could open the door to at-home production of plastic weapons.
December 21, 2015 Crunch Time: Congress running up against partial shutdown deadline, again Just two months after the last partial government shutdown ended, lawmakers are once again struggling to meet the deadline for funding the government.
December 21, 2015 Boehner accused of tilting toward 'amnesty' with new hire Foes of illegal immigration accused House Speaker John Boehner of signaling his willingness to consider an "amnesty" bill after his office hired a longtime policy aide who has advocated legalizing undocumented immigrants.
December 21, 2015 ObamaCare exchange errors, 'scam' frustrate congressional staffers Congressional lawmakers and staff are getting a hard lesson in the problems with the ObamaCare websites, as they run up against long wait times, technical failures and security issues with the D.C. exchange.
December 21, 2015 Travelers leave $500G in change at airport security checkpoints In the rush to catch their flights, airline passengers left more than $500,000 behind at security checkpoints in each of the past two fiscal years, according to data released by the Transportation Security Administration.Â
December 20, 2015 Lawmaker indicates Congress might pursue another short-term spending bill A top House lawmaker suggested Tuesday that Congress might weigh another short-term spending bill in order to avoid another partial government shutdown in early 2014.Â
December 20, 2015 House Republicans pressure EPA to drop coal-plant carbon rules Republican leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposal to impose carbon dioxide limits on power plants.
December 20, 2015 House approves ObamaCare insurance fix The House on Friday approved a bill to let insurance companies sell health plans that had previously been canceled due to ObamaCare regulations, a day after President Obama moved unilaterally to fix the problem.
December 20, 2015 Republicans shift to chipping away at ObamaCare with vote this week on keeping health plans After failing to derail ObamaCare during the partial government shutdown, congressional Republicans have found new life in attacking President Obama’s signature health care law.
December 20, 2015 House approves bill to speed up drilling for oil and natural gas The measure was one of three energy measures the House was considering this week as Republicans controlling the chamber push to expand an oil and gas boom that's lowered prices and led the U.S. to produce more oil last month than it imported from abroad.