Pressure builds on Paul Ryan to run for House speaker
The pressure is on Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2012, to run for House speaker in the chaotic aftermath of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s sudden decision…
Tom McClintock
Spending bill teeters amid Democratic discontent
By ANDREW TAYLOR Growing opposition among Democrats and persistent opposition from the tea party Republicans has left a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill teetering as many lawmakers find more in…
Scientists oppose logging bills in Congress
By SCOTT SONNER RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 200 biologists, ecologists and other scientists are urging Congress to defeat legislation they say would destroy critical wildlife habitat by setting…
EISENHOWER FAMILY WANTS NEW IKE MEMORIAL DESIGN
By BRETT ZONGKER Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, before the House subcommittee on Public Lands and…