GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
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GOVS WARN WASHINGTON AGAINST FISCAL INACTION
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker draws the biggest crowd of reporters following a news conference on the opening day of the National Governors Association meeting on Friday, Aug.…
REP. ISSA ACC– USES IRS OF OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATION
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
PENTAGON TO BEAR BRUNT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 17, 2013, file photo. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston,…
STUDENT LOAN COMPROMISE HEADS TOWARD FINAL VOTE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this July 17, 2013 file photo, House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif.,…
WIS. AIR SHOW LEADS FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL FEES
By M.L. JOHNSON FILE – In this July 27, 2011, file photo, people stand in line for a tour of the cockpit aboard “Fifi,” a Boeing B-29 aircraft, at the Experimental…