The 15th Anniversary — of a Functional Congress
Power of the purse One bill provided $40 billion to recover from the attacks and begin combating those responsible — an extraordinary sum amounting to 6 percent of regular discretionary spending for
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Power of the purse One bill provided $40 billion to recover from the attacks and begin combating those responsible — an extraordinary sum amounting to 6 percent of regular discretionary spending for
During a Dec. 6 prime time address from the Oval Office, Obama said, “Since the [ISIL-inspired] attacks in Paris, our closest allies — including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — have ramped
But some experts say the White House is trying to bounce back after Obama’s poorly received Dec. 6 Oval Office address about the fight against terrorism.
recent weeks demonstrate that Congress can no longer ignore this threat,” Kaine said in a statement after Obama renewed his call for a new force resolution in a prime-time Oval Office address on Dec. 6,
Updated 6:15 p.m. | House Democrats will use procedural gambits to get a vote on their proposal aimed at easing concerns about Syrian refugees coming to the United States but without completely blocking
Updated 6:13 p.m. | The efforts to force the Senate into a debate over the use of military force are continuing to grow.