Tag: House of Representatives

John Boehner’s no-win immigration push

David M. Drucker · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Congress approves fix to veterans’ pension cut

Sean Lengell · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

House approves military pension bill

David Espo · February 11, 2014 10:59 pm

Conservative Group Endorses Broun for GA Senate

Michael Warren · February 11, 2014 4:06 pm

Boehner Goes for Clean Debt Limit

William Kristol · February 11, 2014 3:01 pm

House Speaker John Boehner must balance the voices of a vocal 30-member segment of the House with the rest of the Republican party. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

With GOP divided, House passes clean debt-ceiling increase

Susan Ferrechio · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

A House committee is holding a hearing on a bill to raise New Hampshire's minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

House panel considers minimum wage hike bill

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

EXCLUSIVE: RNC offering a free trip to CPAC next month

Katie LaPotin · February 10, 2014 4:45 pm

House Ethics Committee looking at McMorris Rodgers

Henry Jackson · February 6, 2014 10:03 pm

This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows firefighter A.J. Tevis watching the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The House has approved a wide-ranging bill that speeds logging of trees burned in last year's massive Rim Fire in California. The measure also allows vehicular access to North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore, extends livestock grazing permits on federal land in the West and lifts longstanding restrictions on canoes, rafts and other "hand-propelled" watercraft in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

House backs bill to speed logging of burned trees

Matthew Daly · February 6, 2014 9:07 pm

House Speaker John Boehner says his Republican conference is having trouble coming up with a plan to avoid hitting the government's fast-approaching debt limit, suggesting that even heavenly intervention wouldn't help. ÃÂ (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner file)

John Boehner: Mother Teresa couldn’t help Congress right now

Sean Lengell · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.:ÃÂ "I've been very careful in saying very precisely that Congress is not going to act at the present time. But the present time can be changed, even with some of the present members when the public pressure grows." (AP)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats rev up climate initiative

Zack Colman · February 6, 2014 5:00 am