Tag: House of Representatives

Speaker of the House John Boehner is asked about the special select committee he has formed to investigate the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, raising the stakes in a political battle with the Obama administration as the midterm election season heats up, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to create select committee to probe Benghazi attack

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

Jindal to speak at Liberty commencement

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 7:00 am

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., questions national security and intelligence officials as they testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding NSA surveillance in Washington last year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Devin Nunes tells John Boehner not to consider him for Benghazi committee

David M. Drucker · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

In this April 25, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye participate in a joint news conference at the Blue House, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

‘Gentry liberal’ Democrats feel free to oppose Obama trade policy

Michael Barone · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republicans try to sneak corporate welfare agency OPIC through the House

Timothy P. Carney · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in April. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi wants even split on new Benghazi committee — unlike committee she picked when Speaker

Byron York · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

With Benghazi investigation faltering, select committee picked up support

David M. Drucker · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner is consulting senior members of his leadership team to get their input, as well as Rep. Trey Gowdy, the former federal prosecutor he named as the Benghazi select committee chairman. (AP Photo)

National Security

House Republicans lobbying John Boehner for appointment to Benghazi committee

David M. Drucker · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt-out buildings during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

John Boehner cites White House ‘evasion’ in measure creating Benghazi select committee

Susan Ferrechio · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Club for Growth head blasts former colleagues for voting as he did in the House of Representatives

Steve LaTourette · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

The House ethics committee announced Monday that it will continue investigating whether Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., improperly used congressional office money to pay a former employee for consulting work. (AP/Evan Vucci)

House ethics extends probe of Rep. Luis Gutierrez over consulting fees

Susan Ferrechio · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner Ohio listens as GOP leaders speak to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 29. (AP Photo)

John Boehner working on resolution that would give Benghazi panel ‘strongest authority possible’

David M. Drucker · May 5, 2014 4:00 am