Tag: House of Representatives

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, speaks at a news conference as lawmakers work to finalize the debt deal agreement, on Capitol Hill in this photo taken Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative activists want this man to be speaker — here’s why it won’t happen

David M. Drucker · June 3, 2014 4:35 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, as they make their way to a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The one thing Republicans didn’t say in response to the EPA’s climate change plan

Sean Lengell · June 2, 2014 11:09 pm

First lady Michelle Obama meets with issue experts about international girls' education, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Michelle Obama tells Democratic donors that taking the House back is ‘doable’

Kevin Daley · June 2, 2014 10:20 pm

Cantor Primary Rival: I Will Fight to Repeal Obamacare, Oppose Immigration Reform

Michael Warren · June 2, 2014 7:32 pm

McKeon, Inhofe: Prisoner Trade With Taliban Puts American Soldiers at Greater Risk

Michael Warren · May 31, 2014 8:48 pm

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., right, who represents Santa Barbara, Calif., where a mentally unstable man fatally shot and stabbed six people last week, joins members of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to announce a bill they say is designed to allow police to remove guns from the hands of the mentally ill and reduce gun violence. From left are Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.; Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.; Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo.; Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats introduce gun-control bill targeting the mentally ill in wake of Isla Vista shootings

Sean Lengell · May 31, 2014 9:00 am

Bill to void levee board lawsuit heads to Jindal

Melinda Deslatte · May 30, 2014 7:29 pm

Rep. John Fleming, R-La., saysÃÂ there is a clear connection between Obamacare and the Veterans Affairs scandal. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

GOP equates Veterans Affairs mess to Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio · May 30, 2014 9:00 am

Trey Gowdy brings ‘zeal for the truth’ as head of House’s Benghazi panel

Sean Lengell · May 30, 2014 9:00 am

Consulting contract review bill headed to Jindal

Melinda Deslatte · May 29, 2014 10:00 pm

A report released Thursday by panel chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., accuses the Justice Department of abusing its authority by going after the payday lending industry and other merchants and working to put them out of business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department secretly stifling ‘objectionable’ businesses: House committee

Susan Ferrechio · May 29, 2014 5:34 pm

House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said despite a new report about systemic mismanagement at VA hospitals, he would not be joining many of this GOP colleagues in calling for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner blames Obama for problems at Veterans Affairs hospitals, spares Eric Shinseki

Susan Ferrechio · May 29, 2014 3:01 pm