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…
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Senate bill would double veterans’ health spending
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This June 10, 2014, file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking to reporters about veterans health care on Capitol Hill in…
Congress, FBI moving on VA health care
By MATTHEW DALY Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, after a Democratic caucus lunch. Responding to the…
Seas rise, Fla. GOP leaders balk at climate change
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK This May 17, 2014, file photo shows Blanca Mesa of Miami protesting against Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements on climate change as activists and beach-goers join hands…
WORKER-RUN PENSION BOARDS RAISE CALL FOR REFORM
By FENIT NIRAPPIL FILE – In a May 14, 2012, file photo Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday,…
FOES FROM LEFT, RIGHT, TRY TO OUST KY.’S Mitch McConnell
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE -This Feb. 7, 2014 file photo shows Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Matt Bevin speaking at the Spencer County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Fisherville, Ky. Bevin…
OBAMA SIGNING FARM BILL THAT TRIMS FOOD STAMPS
By NEDRA PICKLER In this June 23, 2012 photo, Michigan State University professor of entomology Rufus Isaacs, left, talks to visitors at Bee-Palooza event in East Lansing, Mich. When President…
TURKISH INTERNET RESTRICTIONS RAISE MORE CONCERNS
By SUZAN FRASER In this picture taken late Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Oktay Vural, a leading deputy from the opposition Nationalist Action Party, MHP, holds up a placard during a…