Tag: House of Representatives

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., led the task force to incarcerate Quante Wright ten years ago. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

You’ll never guess who spoke at this ex-prisoner’s graduation

Emily Leayman · June 15, 2015 6:39 pm

Hillary Clinton stands to take the reigns of the Democratic Party after President Obama's trade defeat in Congress Friday. (AP Images)

Hillary takes the reins of Democratic Party after Obama defeat

W. James Antle III · June 13, 2015 4:01 am

Making sense of Friday’s trade votes

Pete Kasperowicz · June 12, 2015 10:25 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi demands highway funding bill in return for trade support

Pete Kasperowicz · June 12, 2015 8:05 pm

White House calls trade defeat ‘procedural snafu’

Susan Crabtree · June 12, 2015 7:25 pm

House Republican: Tax Refund Money Illegally Funding Obamacare Program

Michael Warren · June 12, 2015 4:15 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH, leaves his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 11. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Obama’s trade package barely advances in razor-thin House vote

Susan Ferrechio · June 11, 2015 8:56 pm

The House did adopt a pair of amendments by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., to rescue a fund designed to help pay for a replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.Â (AP Photo)

House defies veto threat, passes defense spending bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 11, 2015 8:52 pm

House clears first trade hurdle, but more challenges ahead

Susan Ferrechio · June 11, 2015 6:27 pm

Carly: Women Disagree with Democrats on Late-Term Abortion

Michael Warren · June 11, 2015 5:37 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at a weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pelosi says Democrats still have power to block trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · June 11, 2015 4:33 pm

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), center, and fellow Democratic members of Congress hold a news conference to voice their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at the U.S. Capitol June 10, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The congressional Republican leadership announced that the House will vote as early as Friday to approve the TPP and give President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate a large-scale trade deal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Greens slam ‘fast track’ package over climate concerns

Zack Colman · June 10, 2015 9:50 pm