Alan Fram

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A year after background check defeat, modest goals

Alan Fram · April 16, 2014 2:20 pm

GOP, Dems clash over online domain name oversight

Alan Fram · April 10, 2014 8:24 pm

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic bill Wednesday curbing paycheck discrimination against women, an effort that even in defeat Democrats hoped would pay political dividends in this fall's congressional elections. Wednesday's vote was 53-44 to halt GOP tactics aimed at derailing the legislation, but that fell six short of the 60 Democrats needed to prevail. Mikulski stood up after the vote and said supporters were disappointed but that they would fight on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP blocks Senate bill curbing gender pay gap

Alan Fram · April 9, 2014 8:53 pm

Top Senate Dems still short on gun control votes

Alan Fram · April 3, 2014 7:54 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about raising the minimum wage during a visit to a Costco store in Lanham, Md. "Give America a raise!" President Barack Obama implored Congress in his State of the Union address. But it would cost jobs, Republicans warned. The political divide over raising the federal minimum wage is deep, driven by politics, ideology and demographics. Democrats, it turns out, represent more poor and low-wage workers than Republicans do. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Minimum wage value falling but fairness is debated

Alan Fram · March 31, 2014 3:20 pm

Bills introduced in Congress banning online gaming

Alan Fram · March 26, 2014 7:23 pm

IRS chief: Producing documents could take years

Alan Fram · March 26, 2014 3:00 pm

Boehner questions Senate unemployment deal

Alan Fram · March 14, 2014 2:20 pm

Senators reach deal extending jobless benefits

Alan Fram · March 13, 2014 11:26 pm

GOP pans Obama’s $3.9T budget as campaign warm-up

Alan Fram · March 5, 2014 4:30 pm

Obama 2015 budget focuses on boosting economy

Alan Fram · March 4, 2014 12:00 am

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate blocks Dems’ bill boosting vets’ benefits

Alan Fram · February 27, 2014 10:37 pm