Tag: House of Representatives

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., and seven other House members say the GOP needs to "abandon the modern filibuster rule and return to the historical filibuster rule." (AP file)

House GOP has seen enough: ‘Abandon the modern filibuster’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 21, 2015 2:05 pm

Conservatives have ‘no plan’ to remove Boehner

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2015 9:00 am

Obama's address appears to be a precursor to the blame game that both sides could start playing if a shutdown occurs. (AP)

Obama: Cutting Planned Parenthood funding not on the table

Robert King · September 19, 2015 1:59 pm

Donald Trump has decided to skip a campaign event in South Carolina on Friday.

Trump cancels visit to South Carolina for Heritage Action event

Ryan Lovelace · September 18, 2015 6:09 pm

20 Current Members of Congress Had Parents in Congress

Michael Warren · September 17, 2015 7:09 pm

Under the 2010 healthcare law, the accounts can only be used to pay for medications prescribed by a doctor, which excludes products like many allergy medications or aspirin.Â (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Republicans pass bill repealing Obamacare restrictions on health accounts

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 17, 2015 6:27 pm

While some of those who voted against the bill raised concerns about the impacts of lifting the export ban on oil refineries and on domestic shipping, all of those who spoke against the bill mentioned climate change as a mitigating factor. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

House steps toward ending oil export ban

Kyle Feldscher · September 17, 2015 5:28 pm

Republican presidential candidates, former New York Gov. George Pataki, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appear during the CNN Republican presidential debate Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Next GOP debate might not have a ‘kiddie table’

Eddie Scarry · September 17, 2015 4:24 pm

House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah, laid intoÂ Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthyÂ regarding the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine spill, accusing her agency of violating the Endangered Species Act and other laws, which carry criminal and civil penalties.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Lawmaker unloads on EPA chief over toxic spill

John Siciliano · September 17, 2015 4:08 pm

Bishop said that McCarthy's Ã¢â¬Årefusing to sit alongside representatives of the states and tribes that have travelled across the country to discuss this disaster is simply unheard of, and is wrong.Ã¢â¬ï¿½ (AP file)

Energy and Environment

‘Arrogance’: EPA scolded for dodging victims of toxic spill

John Siciliano · September 17, 2015 3:19 pm

Illinois Republican will be one of several lawmakers adding details to a GOP plan to overhaul the tax code. (AP Photo)

Roskam: Boehner has done a ‘good job’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 17, 2015 2:23 pm

Clinton said it was important to defend Obamacare from assault by Republicans, but it didn't go far enough.Â (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Obamacare mostly ignored in GOP debate

Robert King · September 17, 2015 3:35 am