David Espo

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, workmen erect metal scaffolding pipe around the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Seven weeks before the elections, Republicans and Democrats are both playing it safe, willing to make short-term sacrifices of long-held positions in hopes of maximizing their chances for victory at the polls. That means that House Republicans who recently voted to sue Obama for allegedly failing to obey the Constitution seem likely to hand him new war powers to combat militants seeking an Islamic state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Analysis: Both parties in Congress play it safe

David Espo · September 13, 2014 7:34 am

FILE - This June 9, 2014, file photo shows the Capitol as seen from the Cannon House Office Building in Washington. In more than five years in Congress, Republican Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana recalls voting only once for emergency spending that raised the federal deficit. That was this week, on a bill to improve health care for veterans, and it helps explain the lineup of winners and losers in the hours before Congress began a five-week break from the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Analysis: Veterans and Israel do well in Congress

David Espo · August 2, 2014 1:14 pm

On the last day before Congress takes a five-week summer recess, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., checks her watch for a scheduled vote after speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Yesterday, Republicans pushed through legislation to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority, Democrats have branded the effort a political charade and an effort by top Republicans to mollify conservatives who want Obama to be impeached. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress oks VA, highway bills, not border measure

David Espo · August 1, 2014 1:11 am

Congress cooperates _ and fights _ as recess nears

David Espo · July 31, 2014 2:34 am

FILE - This July 22, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama as he departs the White House to board Marine One in Washington. The last time Republicans unleashed impeachment proceedings against a Democratic president, they lost House seats in an election they seemed primed to win handily. Memories of Bill Clinton and the campaign of 1998 may explain why Speaker John Boehner and the current GOP leadership want no part of such talk now. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Analysis: Clinton impeachment shadows GOP lawsuit

David Espo · July 28, 2014 3:43 pm

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Udall, who was to appear with President Barack Obama in Denver at a Democratic fundraiser Wednesday, says he's too busy with legislative business in Washington to attend. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Obama raises money for absent Colo. senator

David Espo · July 9, 2014 7:53 pm

Cruz, tea party groups want probe of Miss. runoff

David Espo · July 8, 2014 9:15 pm

$House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Boehner said he's "all in" to remain as House speaker in the new Congress that will meet next year. For months, some have questioned whether the Ohio Republican would remain in the House's No. 1 job after this Congress ends in January 2015. Boehner has been speaker since 2011. For much of that time, he's managed a fractious Republican majority that includes conservatives who at times have rebelled against his leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)$ News

Boehner says House plans to sue Obama

David Espo · June 25, 2014 9:26 pm

House, Senate begins compromise talks on vets bill

David Espo · June 24, 2014 9:47 pm

White House, business back Export-Import Bank

David Espo · June 23, 2014 9:04 pm

House GOP elects McCarthy, Scalise to leadership

David Espo · June 19, 2014 10:22 pm

House Republicans Look To Leadership Elections

David Espo · June 18, 2014 7:49 pm