Tag: House of Representatives

Slide Fire told customers in an email Tuesday night that bump stocks are again for sale, but in limited quantities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

House Democrats press for answers on NIH funding for gun violence research

Kimberly Leonard · November 14, 2017 10:03 pm

The current 90-day process sends the accuser to the Office of Compliance to make a complaint. He or she must first go through a 30-day period of counseling with a legal representative. Interns and fellows are not allowed to use this system. (Wikipedia Commons)

Jackie Speier pushes three changes to reduce sexual harassment in Congress

Anna Giaritelli · November 14, 2017 4:40 pm

One month after Hurricane Maria made landfall, most of Puerto Rico remains without power. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico’s top official in charge of hurricane response resigns

John Siciliano · November 10, 2017 11:25 pm

Protect infrastructure finance in tax reform

rep-dutch-ruppersberger, rep-randy-hultgren · November 10, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, introduced a sprawling tax overhaul Thursday, part of which would eliminate nonprofit status for certain sports leagues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sports leagues couldn’t be nonprofits under the Senate tax bill

Joseph Lawler · November 10, 2017 4:36 am

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a member of the Finance Committee, told reporters Thursday he was confident the an agreement would be reached between the House and Senate on tax reform. (AP Photo/Jared Wickerham)

Senate Republicans break with White House, House on 25 percent business tax rate

Joseph Lawler · November 10, 2017 3:23 am

Senate Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill on Thursday. The bill would completely eliminate the deduction for state and local taxes. It would also eliminate deductions for property taxes and income or sales taxes, raising more revenue to devote to lowering tax rates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How the Senate GOP tax bill differs from the House version

Joseph Lawler · November 9, 2017 8:01 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., leads a faction of more than three dozen conservatives whose support for a final tax bill will be critical for passage in the House. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Top House conservative rejects Senate plan to phase in corporate tax cut

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 5:20 pm

Judiciary Committee Chairman Goodlatte Is Latest GOP Rep to Announce Retirement

Andrew Egger · November 9, 2017 5:18 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Republicans have not yet decided how to move forward yet with the DACA program, which President Trump terminated in the face of legal challenges. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan: No ‘Dreamers’ language in spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 5:12 pm

Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee, and has represented the Virginia's 6th Congressional District for 25 years. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte won’t seek re-election

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2017 4:09 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul on Nov. 2. It's the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

40 conservative groups rally behind House GOP tax bill

Joseph Lawler · November 9, 2017 11:00 am