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December 20, 2015

Obama returns to DC to firestorms over Keystone, health law, immigration

After a packed overseas trip that included some icy encounters with Vladimir Putin and high-stakes talks with China's Xi Jinping, President Obama is back in Washington where a new cluster of confrontations awaits.

December 20, 2015

Landrieu pushes Keystone vote in bid to boost energy industry, runoff chances

Sen. Mary Landrieu is looking for a win-win situation, as she pushes for a Senate vote to approve the long-delayed Keystone pipeline in a bid to deliver a victory for the energy industry -- and for herself, in a tough runoff election next month.

December 20, 2015

Senate approves $12.3 billion water bill

Congress sent the White House a $12.3 billion water projects bill half the size of its last one seven years ago -- before the economy sank into a deep recession that helped swell the government's debt and before lawmakers swore off cherry-picking pet projects for folks back home.

December 20, 2015

Mitch McConnell: GOP majority won't change filibuster rules

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he will not lower the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation in the Senate next year if the GOP wins the majority in November.

December 20, 2015

GOP senators introduce bill to stop VA health workers from receiving bonuses

Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Richard Burr, R-NC, said Tuesday they believe the bill is necessary due to allegations of veteran deaths due to long wait times and secret wait lists roiling the agency.

December 20, 2015

Republicans block bill to renew expired tax breaks over amendment dispute

Republican senators have blocked a bill to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks affecting millions of businesses and individuals.

December 20, 2015

Senate panel approves 6-year highway bill

A Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill to keep federal highway programs going for the next six years, but it remained unclear whether Congress would act in time to prevent a disruption in transportation aid to states this summer.

December 20, 2015

Senate bill would require states to pay back feds for failed ObamaCare exchanges

The bill by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., would force states which decide to forego their state exchange to pay the federal government the taxpayer funding they received.

December 20, 2015

Senate votes to open debate on renewing tax breaks

A bill to renew a package of more than 50 expired tax breaks cleared its first hurdle in the Senate Tuesday.

December 20, 2015

Former AGs, DEA officials oppose sentencing reform

Nearly 30 former top law enforcement officials and attorneys urged Senate leaders to defeat a bill aimed at reforming drug sentencing laws in a letter released Monday.