Boehner raises possibility of Homeland Security shutdown
House Speaker John Boehner is raising the possibility that the Department of Homeland Security may shut down at month’s end because of a budget impasse, and blaming Senate Democrats if…
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Senate passes bill approving Keystone XL oil pipeline
By DINA CAPPIELLO The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of…
GOP’s Issa ready for final assault on ‘Obamacare’
By CHARLES BABINGTON One of the Obama administration’s harshest congressional critics will get a final high-profile shot when the House Oversight Committee grills witnesses about the president’s health care overhaul…
JOBLESS BILL STALLS IN SENATE
By DAVID ESPO Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in…
SENATE’S LEADER REID IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION
By LAURIE KELLMAN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is surrounded by reporters after talking about the final work of the Senate as the legislative year nears to a close, at…
CONGRESS PLANS TOUGH IRAN SANCTIONS IF DEAL FAILS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, visit the media seating area of Kerry’s aircraft as it sits on…
Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
Congress governs self under ‘Obamacare’
By LAURIE KELLMAN FILE – In this Oct. 28, 2013, file screenshot, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. Members of Congress are…