A ‘grand bargain’ that cuts entitlement programs and raises revenues, thus whittling the deficit in a big way, is not a likely outcome of House-Senate budget negotiations that begin Wednesday. The best hope is for a modest deal that averts another government shutdown. Is that doable?
The government shutdown ended and the debt limit was raised without Republicans getting anything in return. But two things will have changed when the fight resumes next year, tea party lawmakers say.
Government shutdown: Washington faces three deadlines Monday: A possible government shutdown over funding, health insurance exchanges under Obamacare kick in, and the quarterly reporting of campaign contributions. In important ways, political money is driving all of it.
A month after Sandy Hook shootings, lawmakers are scaling back expectations on what can be achieved in Congress on gun control. But Democrats are urging the White House to use executive powers.
Resolving the fiscal cliff this year may require Speaker John Boehner to take to the House floor a deal that a majority of Republicans will reject — a move that could risk his speakership in the next Congress, says the Democrats’ Rep. Chris Van Hollen.
Republicans are grappling with growing rifts in their ranks over a no-new-tax pledge that has been rock solid for more than 20 years. That quiet debate within the GOP could determine how Congress deals with its looming ‘fiscal cliff.’
Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on rape played big at the polls among both women and men voters, helping Senator McCaskill win by nearly 15 percentage points a race she had been expected to lose.
The “coattail” effect may not be key to a successuful administration: History shows US presidents have always had to deal with opposition in Congress, whether their party held sway or not.
With most of the House already back in their home districts, the measure passed by unanimous consent.
The Obama administration‘s proposed rule requiring church-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance that covers contraception has turned toxic.
A Democratic bid for a breakthrough on payroll-tax negotiations fell flat on Thursday, as Congress closes in on a Feb. 29 deadline with few signs of progress.
In a rare floor speech, Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday called the Obama administration’s new rules “an unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country.”
Two years ago, Newt Gingrich’s $10M money bomb would have been illegal.
Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission give a detailed account of how unlimited donations are affecting the 2012 presidential race.
