(Politico) – The House Budget Committee on Thursday morning passed the GOP’s 2016 spending proposal on a straight party line vote, but only after Republican...
(Politico) – Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Republicans. A month into their control of both chambers of Congress,...
(Reuters) – A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S....
JERUSALEM (McClatchy) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing criticism in Israel for a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, accused by his...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting the White House, an...
Glenn Kessler, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—It’s time for our annual round-up of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. The midterm elections, of course,...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House may vote this week to undo President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, House Speaker John...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner declared Friday that President Barack Obama was “damaging the presidency” with his unilateral action on...
(Politico) – When the Obama administration last week began the process of preparing the media and the public about the president’s plan to unilaterally suspend deportation...
Andrew Taylor, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer break over and elections ahead, Congress is beginning an abbreviated September session with must-do tasks of preventing...
LAS VEGAS (Politico) — Sin City may have been too risqué for the Republican National Convention, but it’s just fine for Hillary Clinton, Nathan Deal, Nancy...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing...
(Salon) – If there’s one thing the White House wants you to know these days, it’s that they’re really, very, quite concerned – one might even...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration’s decision to delay...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama’s displeasure with gridlock in Washington — and with the Republicans he blames for it — has been rising for...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Election-year legislation to resume long-term jobless benefits is headed to the House, where a small band of dissident...
[The Washington Post] House Republican leaders said Thursday they will offer a temporary increase in the federal debt ceiling in exchange for negotiations with President Obama...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist As these words are being written, the Obama administration is trying to end a shutdown of the United States government...
[The Washington Post] House Republicans successfully passed a Farm Bill Thursday by splitting apart funding for food stamps from federal agricultural policy, a move that infuriated...
[Washington Post] On New Year’s Day, in a cramped room in the Capitol basement, House Republican leaders faced an angry caucus. Democrats had negotiated them into...
[Reuters] U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday condemned a reference to migrant workers made by fellow Republican Representative Don Young, calling the comments...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a partnership that includes government, the...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to 13.2 percent in November, down from 14.3 percent the previous month....
