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February 23, 2017

Feinstein pushes for new legislation amid USA Gymnastics allegations

USA Gymnastics is back in the news again, this time for something much darker than gold.

February 15, 2017

Senate votes to block rule on guns and mentally impaired

The Republican-led Senate has voted to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm.

February 7, 2017

Cotton: Immigration system 'does not serve the interests of American citizens'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

February 2, 2017

Congress scraps Obama-era rules on coal mining, background checks

The Republican-controlled Congress on Thursday scrapped Obama-era rules on the environment and guns, counting on a new ally in the White House, President Donald Trump, to reverse years of regulation.

February 2, 2017

Senators Cornyn, Rubio, Young: It's time for action against Iran

It is time to take action with respect to Iran’s growing missile threats, terrorism support, and human rights abuses.

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

VA bill shooting through Congress could cost taxpayers billions, fiscal hawks warn

Fiscal hawks are warning that new legislation passed in both chambers of Congress this week in response to the Veteran Affairs scandal could cost taxpayers more than $500 billion over the next decade.

January 2, 2017

Senate Dems back down on Iran, say won’t support sanctions bill yet

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday eased off their push for new Iran sanctions, potentially taking the wind out of the bipartisan effort to muscle through the legislation in the face of a President Obama veto threat.

December 31, 2016

Friendly fire: Dems challenge Obama agenda

President Obama, for all the flak he took from Republicans over his combative State of the Union address, now is running into turbulence from members of his own party – who could prove an even bigger barrier to his agenda.

December 29, 2016

Congress moving to cut US funding to UN in wake of anti-Israel vote

Congress is already setting the stage to cut off U.S. funding to the United Nations in the wake of a contested vote last week in which the Obama administration permitted an anti-Israel resolution to win overwhelming approval, according to congressional leaders, who told the Washington Free Beacon that the current administration is already plotting to take further action against the Jewish state before vacating office.