Tag: House of Representatives

The House bill, passed on Friday, reauthorizes the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides insurance for low-income children, for five years and funds community health centers for two years. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

House passes child insurance bill, sends it to the Senate

Robert King · November 3, 2017 3:05 pm

The chief of staff for Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., dropped more than $5,000 on a Phoenix getaway. By most accounts, it looks as though that chief of staff, Oliver Schwab, booked the vacation on the taxpayer tab. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

A lot of cash is flowing to David Schweikert’s chief of staff Oliver Schwab

Philip Wegmann · November 2, 2017 10:01 pm

Lawmakers say the Independent Payment Advisory Board takes away congressional authority over entitlement spending. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

House passes bill to nix Obamacare panel

Robert King · November 2, 2017 9:21 pm

Smith has more than a year remaining in his term, and he said he will strive to get as much done as possible in that time. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, File)

Texas Rep. Lamar Smith won’t seek re-election

John Siciliano · November 2, 2017 7:54 pm

GOP Finally Releases Tax Reform Plan

Andrew Egger · November 2, 2017 6:11 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California told lawmakers at a Democratic leadership meeting that she thinks calls to impeach President Trump go nowhere. Pelosi is eager to show her party can govern. That means no drama. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Can Nancy Pelosi win a ‘competence’ election against Trump? It didn’t work so well in 2016

David Freddoso · November 2, 2017 11:00 am

Guy Fawkes Day celebrates the failed terrorist act of a fanatic who hoped to restore Catholicism as England's official religion after the accession of James I. Reflecting on this week's terrorist New York attack, one might conclude that little changes in this world, except for the precise causes that inspire terrorism. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Guy Fawkes Day: Gunpowder, treason, pickup trucks, and Islam

Washington Examiner · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady introduced the Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act on Wednesday. (AP Photos)

Orrin Hatch, Kevin Brady introduce Obamacare stabilization bill

Robert King · November 1, 2017 10:50 pm

House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have charged their Republican colleagues with attempting to chip away at Obamacare programs after past attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act failed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel advances child insurance, Obamacare bills to full vote

Robert King · November 1, 2017 10:33 pm

House Democrats wrote a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., asking him to throw his support behind special counsel Robert Mueller as concerns grow that President Trump could try and sabotage Mueller's ongoing investigation into the 2016 elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Democrats urge Paul Ryan to ready action plan should Trump try to disrupt Mueller probe

Daniel Chaitin · November 1, 2017 3:24 am

A motorist Tuesday drove a Home Depot truck onto a bike path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people in New York City. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Homeland Security Chairman McCaul: NYC truck attack the ‘ninth vehicle assault used by ISIS’

Mandy Mayfield · October 31, 2017 10:59 pm

The federal Peanut Standards Board was created in 2002 to advise the federal government on peanut standards. South Carolina is one of the top peanut-producing states in the nation, but was never given a seat on the board. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

House passes ‘peanut parity’ for South Carolina

Pete Kasperowicz · October 31, 2017 10:49 pm