Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of July 13, 2015 (Video)
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The 7th Annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game | The Highlights (Video)
Congress squeaked out a 1-0 win over the Bad News Babes in the seventh annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game on June 24, evening the all time series 3-3 and capturing their second straight victory
Democrats Celebrate 7th Straight Baseball Win on House Floor (Video)
With the victory, Democrats now lead the all-time series by one game, 39-38-1.
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change | Commentary
While California is in desperate need of additional water supply, the April 1 snowpack measurements were lower than ever before (5 percent of historic average).
Congress Can, and Should, Address Student Loan Debt | Commentary
In the meantime, with a new Congress comes a new opportunity to pass meaningful legislation that would help the 1 in 5 families impacted by crushing student loan debt.
Michael Grimm Indicted on 20 Counts (Updated)
Lynch accused Grimm of failing to report more than $1 million over the course of running his health food store, Healthalicious, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and of developing a plan
Steeped in Overhead: A Look at the Expenses of Tea Party Groups
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola earned $510,786, from mid-2012 to mid-2013, tax records for the group’s advocacy arm show, pushing his election-cycle earnings to more than $1 million.
Growing and Replicating High-Quality Charter Schools | Commentary
Only about half of our African-American and Latino students will graduate on time from high school, and only 1 in 10 students from low-income families will graduate from college by their mid-20s.
A Bipartisan Opportunity for Jobs | Commentary
More than 1 in 3 jobs in Washington state is dependent on international trade. And in Ohio, more than one-quarter of manufacturing jobs are dependent on exports.
The Importance of Family Immigration | Commentary
AAPIs are twice as likely to hold jobs in these fields as any other immigrant group, with as many as 1 in 5 workers employed in the engineering and technology sector.
Solving the Fiscal Impasse Starts and Ends at the Pentagon
Taking account what was passed into law as part of the fiscal cliff deal, a fiscally responsible and balanced approach would secure an additional $1 trillion in new revenue to match the massive cuts to
Miller: Spotlight on the Fiscal Cliff of Student Loans
Outstanding student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion, exceeding credit card debt for the first time. Student loan default rates are on the rise. The cost of college continues to increase.
Polis and Blumenauer: Unfair Tariffs Make Working Families Pay
Thrifty cotton and polyester work shirts carry 16 percent and 32 percent tariffs, respectively, while a silk Armani shirt comes with only a 1 percent tariff.
Miller & Petri: Congress Can End Corporate Welfare on Student Loans
[IMGCAP(1)]As the Senate prepares to consider President Barack Obama’s proposal to fix our federal student loan programs, banks are spearheading a last-ditch effort to kill it — with a wink and a
Smart Grid,’ Advanced Cables Can Provide Efficient Energy Options
[IMGCAP(1)]One of the most promising innovations is a “smart grid,— a system that allows us to combine energy transmission with real-time communication.
Democrats Quick to Politicize Health Care in Stimulus
[IMGCAP(1)] During the current economic stimulus dispute, House Democrats objections to a Senate agreement that taxpayers should fund research on clinical effectiveness, rather than cost effectiveness
Taking Executive Privilege to Absurd Levels?
[IMGCAP(1)] To take one important example, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) recently subpoenaed former Bush White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to testify in the controversy
Republicans Not Entitled to Their Own Set of Facts
And they say that Republicans managed to swing the Clinton surplus $1 trillion in the wrong direction, into record deficits, combined with unprecedented foreign borrowing. Or take energy policy.
Politics · 108th Congress
Tax! You’re It!
[IMGCAP(1)] But with the House and Senate still stalled over the 2005 budget resolution — thanks to a clash over whether Congress should add to the soaring federal deficit with additional spending
One Year Out: No Time To Waste on Election Reform Funding
Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) succeeded in amending that legislation to provide an additional $1 billion for federally mandated election reform.