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December 20, 2015

House panel votes for waivers on first lady-backed school meal standards

A House committee has endorsed a Republican plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal standards.

December 20, 2015

GOP bristles over Obama pressure on immigration

President Barack Obama's latest attempt to pressure House Republicans to act on immigration legislation will backfire and make action harder, a House committee chairman said Thursday.

December 20, 2015

House adopts new sanctions against Venezuela

The House approved new sanctions Wednesday against Venezuela, instructing the Obama administration to compile a list of human rights abusers in the government, freeze any assets they hold in American banks and ban them from entering the United States.

December 20, 2015

Michelle Obama takes on school meal critics, as House GOP bill advances

First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday made a rare foray into a Capitol Hill dispute, using a White House event to rally support for school meal nutrition rules that Republicans are pushing to loosen.

December 20, 2015

House passes $601 billion defense bill

The House has backed a $601 billion defense authorization bill that spares planes, ships and military bases in an election-year nod to hometown interests.

December 20, 2015

House approves curbs on NSA record-gathering

The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records, the first legislative response to the disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

December 20, 2015

House GOP leaders block immigration votes

House Republican leaders on Wednesday blocked any votes on immigration legislation, raising doubts about the prospects for election-year action on overhauling the nation's laws.

December 20, 2015

Pentagon weighs allowing illegal immigrants to join the military

The Pentagon is weighing allowing some immigrants brought illegally to the country as youths to serve in the military, a unilateral step by the Obama administration as immigration legislation remains stalled in the Republican-led House.

December 20, 2015

USDA delays whole grains requirement for schools

The Agriculture Department will allow some schools to delay adding more whole-grain foods to meals this year, responding to criticism from school nutrition officials and Congress that the standards were too difficult to put in place.

December 20, 2015

Earmarks may be dead, but pet projects live on

Despite a three-year-old ban on earmarks, members of Congress have found ways to bring home the bacon.