Alan Fram

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Harry Reid considering change to nominations rules

Alan Fram · November 19, 2013 11:47 pm

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., left, and Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., leave the office of House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill on Friday, before a vote on a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's standards. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP sees health care law as big 2014 opportunity

Associated Press, Alan Fram · November 16, 2013 5:17 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, joined by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks to reporters after Senate Republicans derailed President Barack Obama's selection of Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard to fill one of three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Democrats used the vote to assail Republicans for opposing female nominees to the D.C. circuit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP blocks key Obama court nominee in Senate vote

Alan Fram · November 13, 2013 12:35 am

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on the impact of sequestration on nation defense. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Military joint chiefs warn about budget cuts

Alan Fram · November 7, 2013 6:37 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is returning to Capitol Hill for a fresh interrogation on the health care law, this time from senators with growing concerns about President Obama's crowning legislative achievement. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Kathleen Sebelius faces lawmakers anew on health care law

Alan Fram · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

GOP blocks Obama nominees, and Dems weigh response

Alan Fram · October 31, 2013 8:54 pm

Senate OKs Obama picks, but other battles brew

Alan Fram · October 30, 2013 2:26 am

House votes for school checks for sex offenders

Alan Fram · October 22, 2013 10:01 pm

Then-House Speaker Tom Foley sits next to then-President George H. Bush during a meeting with the congressional leadership at the White House in 1989. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

Alan Fram · October 18, 2013 9:26 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is followed by reporters after agreeing to the framework of a deal to avoid default and reopen the government on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Shutdown bill has items for states, fed agencies

Alan Fram · October 17, 2013 7:01 am

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., arrive with other Republican senators at the North Portico of the White House on Friday to meet with President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

New GOP plan on shutdown and debt ceiling, but no agreement yet

Alan Fram · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

Senate blocks effort to strip Obamacare of funding

Alan Fram · September 27, 2013 5:45 pm