Obama, GOP-led Congress prepare for veto showdowns
By CHARLES BABINGTON and JIM KUHNHENN Veto brinkmanship between congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama was virtually absent in his first six years in office, but it’s about to unleash…
Filibusters
Reid pulls spending bill after spat with GOP
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This June 10, 2014 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat has…
SENATE DEMS PUSH OBAMA NOMINEES, GOP BIDES TIME
By ALAN FRAM FILE – This June 4, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama pausing as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington where…
DEMS, OBAMA, HEAD INTO 2014 DISTANT, DETERMINED
By LAURIE KELLMAN FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for…
DEMOCRATS VOTE TO CURB FILIBUSTERS ON APPOINTEES
By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., at far right,…
FED JUDGE: TEXAS ABORTION LIMITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 9, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in…
DAVIS TAKES NATIONAL STAGE WITH GUBERNATORIAL BID
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis speaks at a fundraiser, in Washington. Davis is expected to announce her bid…
SENATE MOVES TOWARD TEST VOTE ON OBAMACARE
By ANDREW TAYLOR In an image made from the C-Span broadcast Senator Ted Cruz continues to speak on the floor of the U.S. Senate at 5:21 a.m. EDT Wednesday Sept.…