OBAMA WITHDRAWS APPEALS COURT PICK
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This April 27, 2005 file photo shows Caitlin J. Halligan, in the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Obama withdrew his nomination of Halligan to…
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FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI TO STEP DOWN
By PETER SVENSSON FILE – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testifies during his nominee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 16, 2009 file photo. The chairman…
NO ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN: NOT EVEN IN DEMS’ BILL
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Feinstein, the sponsor of a proposed…
INFLUENCE GAME: CONGRESS QUIET ON DREAMLINER WOES
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a terminal E…
CATCHALL SPENDING BILL ADVANCES IN SENATE
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., appears before the House Rules Committee to testify on his party’s budget proposal, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday,…
TOO EARLY? REPUBLICANS AUDITION FOR 2016 ELECTION
TOO EARLY? REPUBLICANS AUDITION FOR 2016 ELECTION Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the Ronald Reagan Dinner at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md.,…
COLO LEGISLATURE OKS EXPANSION OF FIREARMS CHECKS
By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields, speaks to a colleague during a debate period for a gun control bill which she sponsored, inside the Colorado…
HO– USE PASSES GOP BILL TO STREAMLINE JOB TRAINING
By JIM ABRAMS House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, makes a “zero” gesture as he speaks with reporters about the federal budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14,…