Spectrum Auction Controversies Revived
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., urged the agency to promote unlicensed spectrum. The technology could generate an estimated $16 billion to $37 billion annually for the U.S. economy.
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Empty Ethics Posts Draw Critics’ Ire
Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are responsible for filling two OCE vacancies each, with each other’s consent, and must also reauthorize the chairman, co-chairman and
Pierluisi: Puerto Rico People Vote for Change — and Statehood
In a statement earlier this week, a White House spokesman said: “[T]he results were clear, the people of Puerto Rico want the issue of status resolved, and a majority chose statehood in the second
Sequester Disagreements Could Further Complicate Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said on the Senate floor Dec. 6, “That is more than half the cuts we agreed to last year. They would be eliminated.”
Congress Prepares to Handle White House’s $60.4 Billion Sandy Aid Package
Boehner, R-Ohio. “Accordingly, this emergency funding can and should be provided without offset.” The request is in line with the $60 billion figure that Reid had suggested earlier in the week.
Republicans Press, Then Drop, Bid for Senate Vote on Debt Limit Plan
The matter fell apart when Republicans objected to a straight majority vote on a debt ceiling plan that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had brought to the floor.
Cliff Drama Turns Page to Debt Ceiling
Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Wednesday that permanently changing the debt limit procedure would be “a gross abdication of our constitutional authority.”
Cliff Talks Send Parties Back to Old Corners
Boehner, R-Ohio, saying “no substantive progress” had been made and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., saying at one point, “I don’t understand his brain,” referring to the speaker.
Report Concludes Reyes Likely Misused Campaign Account
disclosure of such a referral, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee,” said the joint statement released by Chairman Jo Bonner, R-Ala
Inside the 2014 Senate Races
John Boozman, R-Ark.
Inside the 2014 Senate Races
John Boozman, R-Ark.
McCaul Gets Homeland Gavel
Miller of Michigan were both making a forceful case to succeed outgoing Chairman Peter T. King, R-N.Y., who must step down because of GOP term limits.
House Ethics Committee Confirms Probe of Grimm
Grimm, R-N.Y., broke federal campaign finance laws, but the panel said it will put its inquiry on hold while the Justice Department conducts a related probe.
Republican Senators Vow to Block Rice Nomination
McCain, R-Ariz., and his Republican colleagues Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire lambasted Rice as untrustworthy for her statements on national television, five days
On Capitol Hill, Information About David Petraeus Was Confined to Small Circle
Dave Reichert, R-Wash., was told in October by a friend that a whistle-blower had information that implicated Petraeus, the retired four-star general and top CIA official, in an extramarital affair that
Will Congress Punt on the ‘Fiscal Cliff’?
In his own media availability Friday, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) hinted at his previous suggestion that lawmakers punt on the fiscal cliff until the 113th Congress, so the new Members elected
California: Flurry of Polling in Close 52nd District
Brian Bilbray (R) is attempting to hold off a challenge from San Diego Port Commissioner Scott Peters (D). Until now, there had been a dearth of polling on this competitive race.
House Democrat Questions FCC’s Plans for Unlicensed Spectrum
But Republican members of the agency are urging an approach that makes as much spectrum available as possible for sale to wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon.
Revelations, Blame in Libya Hearing
Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told the State Department’s witnesses. Meanwhile, “the security experts who had actually been in Libya didn’t get the resources that they asked for.”