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“We have this weird habit in this culture of mourning and, you know, 48, 72 hours of wall-to-wall coverage, and then … suddenly we move on,” Obama told Bill Simmons in a GQ interview published Tuesday
The plan touted by Ryan and a seven-member task force would boot six committee chairmen from the Steering Committee, which assigns members to the standing panels of the House: Pete Sessions of Rules
While Syrian refugee resettlement has dominated the headlines in Congress this week, the more pressing national security debate in the Senate is about the way tourists and other travelers enter the United
Shogan, 40, now the deputy director of the Congressional Research Service, used her time as a Senate staffer as the basis of her debut mystery novel, “Stabbing in the Senate,” the first installment
“Hanna continues to surrender our principles on the steps of the Capitol and sides with the President and Democrats to keep his seat in power.”
. | The two Muslim members of the House share the sentiments of their fellow Democrats: Under no circumstances should the United States block Syrian refugees from this country in the aftermath of the deadly
The Democrat touted his position in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and in an op-ed on CNN.com , saying these “are families in desperate straits.”
Lindsey Graham has tried in vain to make the GOP presidential race a fight over who has the best plan to crush the Islamic State.
The terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 changed the debate in the presidential race from who is most against the political establishment to who would be the best commander in chief.
“I don’t think that the United States has the bulk of the responsibility. I really put that on [Bashar Assad] and on the Iraqis and on the region itself.”
Ryan is laying the groundwork for the House’s active engagement in the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks in Paris.
Rand Paul wants a moratorium imposed on the issuance of visas to enter the United States from dozens of countries.
Not by his own choosing, the 12-term congressman and appropriations subcommittee chairman disclosed in a recent interview with CQ Roll Call.
Ryan is laying the groundwork for the House’s active engagement in the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks in Paris.
“It’s one thing to have a good policy in place; it’s another how it is communicated and implemented,” Monica Hopkins-Maxwell, executive director of ACLU of the Nation’s Capital in an interview.
“We cannot allow Syrian refugees in the United States in the current dangerous environment,” the Texas Republican said in a Monday statement.
Ryan, after two weeks on the job, said he has “no idea” how long he may lead the House, committing only to the 14 months left in the current Congress during an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“From personal experience I know it’s tough to come to D.C.,” HillVets board member Sean Foertsch said in a Tuesday phone interview.
And like the outsider persona he touts on the presidential campaign trail, Cruz eventually voted against the bill that made it happen.
The Texas Republican — who has the third lowest vote participation percentage in the Senate, according to CQ Vote Watch — has convened nine hearings as chairman of two subcommittees, outpacing the