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John McCain (R-Ariz.) today filed an amendment on the looming across-the-board defense cuts on behalf of Armed Services Committee Republicans, and the proposal could prove to be the first test on a sweeping
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic pay parity bill from coming to the floor today, arguing that the measure was not the right answer to gender discrimination in pay.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney today named Rep.
House Republicans released the first batch of documents from a health care investigation today about the deal struck between President Barack Obama and the pharmaceutical industry during consideration
First, is Congress today dysfunctional?
“Republicans claim that the bill does not usurp local authority because Congress has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia.
request to hold green card applications in abeyance for binational gay couples while the Defense of Marriage Act is being challenged in the courts and legislation is pending in Congress to overturn it
“It is a very strong priority in the pro-life community,” said Franks, who unveiled the bill in January in conjunction with a press conference at the National Press Club convened by the National
“It’s about the size of a Post-it note, so every Member of Congress should have time to read it,” he quipped, later adding, “I’m not trying to overload Congress here.”
“We have this problem today, but not because of the GSA, because of ourselves, because we refused to do the hard work of passing requirements that hold federal agencies accountable,” Coburn said
The House passed legislation instituting a one-year, 20 percent tax cut for businesses with fewer than 500 employees today on a largely party line vote of 235-173.
Again today, Johnson’s office reiterated the Wisconsin Senator’s previous statements denying the imminent departures.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney struggled today to walk back President Barack Obama’s false statement Monday that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to overturn a law “passed
The two groups today filed a lawsuit to stop the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit firms Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S.
After almost a week of political jockeying, the Senate today rejected legislation that would repeal tax breaks for the biggest five oil companies and would extend 19 renewable energy tax subsidies that
On Monday, the case attracted a high-profile audience in the packed courtroom, including Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as well as 10 Members of Congress
The bill, put together by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), cleared the chamber today 390-23.
In the afternoon, House Democrats ambushed Republicans on an economic proposal that has overwhelming support — including Obama’s — spurning a press conference and prompting the conspicuous absence
They gathered this morning at a press conference in the Rayburn House Office Building to put their opposition on the record. The scope of the legislation, said Del.