As the clock ticks on the government shutdown — set to go into effect at midnight tonight — one of the largest battles in Congress is over a series of amendments introduced primarily by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) that would severely curb abortion rights and family planning services by More…
UPDATE, 11:22 a.m. EST
As the federal government nears a shutdown, scheduled to begin in just over 13 hours, latest reports on negotiations between the House and Senate, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), respectively, posit that the two sides are close on a More…
As the deadline on a possible federal government shutdown looms today, yesterday’s scheduled meeting between House GOP leaders and the sponsors of a bill to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless was canceled so they could focus on negotiations with the president.
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This morning, amid a women’s health rally in Washington, D.C., hosted by Planned Parenthood, the “Black Genocide” movement made a small appearance in front of House Speaker Rep. John Boehner’s office. #
It looks increasingly as though the Tea Party wing of the Congressional Republican caucus is winning the battle within the caucus on whether or not to avoid budget compromise with Democrats and shut down the government Friday. Republicans cheered the prospect of a shut down behind closed doors this More…
Senator Mark Udall today sent House Speaker John Boehner a letter urging him to allow the government to be shut down.
In addition to Udall, 15 other senators–including Michael Bennet–signed the letter.
In addition to Udall and Bennet, the letter was signed by senators Tom Carper (DE), Kay Hagan More…
In a letter sent to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, House Democrats expressed their concerns with anti-environmental policy “riders” in the forthcoming continuing resolution that would fund the government for the remainder of 2011. #
The House’s Spending Bill, which was passed in February, More…
Meeting with a small group of reporters in her Denver office, Congresswoman Diana DeGette said the right wing of the Republican Party is not doing what voters sent them to Washington for.
“Their agenda has nothing to do with jobs,” she said, noting that Republicans seem hell-bent on passing More…
Once again, Michele Bachmann has been called out for exaggerating the facts.
Making the case as to why she should be considered for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, the Minnesota representative told Fox News last week, “I have been able to raise more money than any member of the More…
Now that Newt Gingrich is expected to form a presidential “exploratory” committee (though he will not be announcing an official presidential bid when he goes to Atlanta Thursday to speak at American Enterprise Institute and American Solutions events, according to Reuters), it’s becoming more apparent how little More…
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