Tag: House of Representatives

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, emerges from a closed-door meeting with House Republicans to work on an approach to immigration reform, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

For House conservatives, no budging on border security, pathway to citizenship

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Military representatives told a House panel that plans to phase women into combat roles are progressing. (AP File)

Military gradually moving toward women in combat

Steve Contorno · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

House defeats anti-snooping amendment

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

NSA amendment draws White House fire

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

White House scrambles to defeat bill to defund NSA program

Susan Crabtree · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama blames House GOP for fragile economic recovery

Susan Crabtree · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

The House Financial Services Committee approved a draft bill that would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Wednesday morning, staking out an aggressive position in favor of reducing the governmentâs role in the nationâs housing finance system. (Photo: Thinkstock)

House panel approves GOP bill to end Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Donna F. Edwards, D-Md., said Thursday that Republicans who passed the farm-only farm bill were "standing on the side of increased subsidies, more deficit spending, and just sending hungry families straight up under the bus." (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Dem House member: GOP ‘sending hungry families straight up under the bus’

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

New House bill: No Obamacare subsidies without verification

Philip Klein · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has introduced the Panama Canal and Pan-Pacific Exhibition Centennial Celebration Act, which is a way to bring home funding to her district. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi introduces bill as earmark workaround

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

A measure designed to restrict the National Security Agency's authority to collect phone records failed in the House. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

House votes down Justin Amash’s effort to restrict NSA data collection

Joel Gehrke · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said spending cuts must be part of any agreement to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers already bracing for fiscal fights this fall

Steve Contorno · July 23, 2013 4:00 am