Pols catch 'Madness' for fundraising
Seems like everyone is cashing in on March Madness as a political prop — and some are doing it literally. The Sunlight Foundation has rounded up a number of Washington-area political fundraisers that...
View ArticleObama dines with 12 GOP senators
President Barack Obama spent two-and-a-half hours Wednesday night meeting with a group of Republican senators for a discussion that touched on guns, immigration and deficit reduction. The dinner,...
View ArticleThune: FAA deal may come Thursday
Congressional leaders are working rapidly toward a legislative fix to the sequester-driven air traffic controller furloughs that are causing nationwide flight delays and prompting a flurry of media...
View ArticleWheeler's path linked to GOP pick?
As two of the Federal Communications Commission’s leaders head for the exits, their replacements still have quite the trek ahead just to get their feet in the front door. President Barack Obama’s new...
View ArticleReports show gun homicides down since 1990s
WASHINGTON — Gun homicides have dropped steeply in the United States since their 1993 peak, a pair of reports released Tuesday showed, adding fuel to Congress' battle over whether to tighten...
View ArticleCrunch time for Senate farm bill
The Senate’s farm bill cloture vote Thursday morning poses a critical test for the Agriculture Committee leadership, which needs a strong showing to clear the way for passage Monday and begin to heal...
View ArticleIntelligence officials brief Senate on NSA
Top officials from the U.S. intelligence community briefed more than two dozen senators Thursday afternoon on the status of the collection and use of phone records by the National Security Agency....
View ArticleGOP support on immigration dissipating
Congressional Republicans, who have been more receptive to immigration reform since last November, now appear increasingly unlikely to widely back the Senate immigration bill unless they can extract...
View ArticlePointed questions for FCC nominee
The president’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission — Tom Wheeler — appears poised to clear the first hurdle toward Senate confirmation, despite early objections from lawmakers critical...
View ArticleSenate confirms Foxx to lead DOT
The Senate has just confirmed Anthony Foxx as the secretary of Transportation by a 100-0 vote. Foxx, the 42-year-old mayor of Charlotte, N.C., has long been seen as a rising political star, especially...
View ArticleRubio, Paul to get cash for N.H. GOP
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) is organizing a fundraiser for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, to take place in D.C. on July 29. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rob Portman...
View ArticleSenators vague on tax-break cuts
Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly’s proposal was three paragraphs long. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) called for major tax cuts without explaining how to finance them. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) skipped it...
View ArticleCrowdfunding proposal wins fans
Small businesses that want to raise money and sell shares over the Internet moved a step closer to that possibility Wednesday when the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-awaited rules for...
View ArticleSenate leaders mull ACA for staffers
Senate leaders are beginning to make the tough choice about whether to put their staffers on Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. Three members of Senate leadership all plan to place their aides on...
View ArticleGOP hits Obama the manager
Strip away everything else, and the heart of Barack Obama’s appeal was supposed to be a very simple proposition: I’ve got this. For years, his critics have tried to argue that he doesn’t. Now they...
View ArticleGOP split on budget deal
House GOP leaders have been eager to lock down support from their party to back the bipartisan budget deal and avoid yet another round of fiscal crises. That message appears to have gotten lost in the...
View Article2014: The year to 'go small'
If this was a dud year in Washington, get ready for 2014 — the year to “go small.” Lawmakers had already lost their appetite to “go big” this year, letting reforms of immigration, guns and the Tax Code...
View ArticleLeaders resist wage compromise
The small number of senators who are open to compromise on a minimum wage hike are facing stiff resistance: their own party’s leadership. On the Democratic side, moderates like West Virginia’s Joe...
View ArticleGOP not fazed by paycheck vote
Republicans working to improve their image among women aren’t worried about suffering a political backlash if they follow through with plans to block the Paycheck Fairness Act. Most Senate Republicans...
View ArticleEarmarks divide Republicans
The debate over earmarks — the cursed spending on local pork projects — is back on Capitol Hill. One day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a full-throated defense Continue reading ...
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