Tag: House of Representatives

Washington Secrets

Exclusive: Jindal will address CPAC, jumpstarts fight with Huckabee for conservatives

Paul Bedard · January 9, 2015 6:51 pm

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee sent a bill to the floor Thursday authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline. (Bloomberg photo)

Energy and Environment

House OKs Keystone XL, Senate vote on deck

Zack Colman · January 9, 2015 6:37 pm

U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd L), Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) (4th L), Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) (3rd L), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) (R), and Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) (L) share a moment during a news conference to announce new members of the House Democratic leadership team Nov. 17, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Anti-trade Dems not reaching out to Republican counterparts

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 12:13 am

Republicans said the 30-hour threshold has caused many struggling Americans to have their work hours cut by employers that can't afford to provide insurance. (iStock)

House passes 40 hour work week bill as Obamacare fight enters new phase on Capitol Hill

Sean Lengell · January 8, 2015 10:18 pm

"I've been joking with Lindsey," Mark Kirk can be heard saying on the live microphone, according to audio captured by the Huffington Post. "He's going to have a rotating first lady. He's a bro with no ho." (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Senate passes terrorism insurance bill

Sean Lengell · January 8, 2015 9:12 pm

Boehner: It hurts when critics call me ‘spineless, or a squish’

David M. Drucker · January 8, 2015 6:11 pm

John Boehner: I’m not the Establishment

Steve Doty · January 8, 2015 5:08 pm

Republican Main Street Partnership,Â led by former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, now boasts a roster of 62 Republicans in the House and four in the Senate. (AP Photo)

Self-proclaimed ‘governing wing’ of GOP prepares to counter Tea Party

David M. Drucker · January 8, 2015 1:31 pm

ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons arrives to perform during a ceremony in National Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, to unveil a bust of Vaclav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic, that was dedicated. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Capitol Hill’s rock star whisperer takes his final bow

Rebecca Berg · January 8, 2015 12:18 am

Flood of anti-Boehner calls rattles leadership

Susan Ferrechio · January 8, 2015 12:03 am

Beltway Confidential

Mia Love explains why she voted for John Boehner as House speaker

Ashe Schow · January 7, 2015 5:17 pm

$House Speaker John Boehner said fractured House Republicans would "have a family conversation" about the move to oust him Tuesday and suggested he would reverse the punishment of two conservative GOP lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)$ Politics

Republican leaders may back down on punishing rebels

Susan Ferrechio · January 7, 2015 4:28 pm