Tag: Senate

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm

Senate and House Republicans are threatening to step in and block an Education Department regulation on Title I spending for low income students. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Fed rollout of new education reform alarms GOP lawmakers

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Congress should pass the Employee Rights Act to help restore some fairness for our workers, writes Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. (AP photo)

Alexander: Let’s put an end to the ‘ambush election’ rule

Op-Ed Contributor · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

It’s a challenging year, both in terms of the political dynamic being a presidential and a congressional election.

Medical research bill stuck in limbo

Robert King · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Senate Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday to hold the EPA accountable for the spill it caused in Colorado last year (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Energy and Environment

Bill forces EPA to pay for its toxic mess

John Siciliano · May 18, 2016 6:56 pm

"It was a scary situation. I was there, I saw it," Boxer said. "It was frightening. I was on the stage and people were six feet away from me. And if I didn't have a lot of security, I don't know what would have happened." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Boxer: I felt ‘threatened’ by Sanders supporters at Nevada convention

Al Weaver · May 18, 2016 6:55 pm

Customers in the individual markets will need help buying insurance, Sen. Lamar Alexander says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Alexander: Dept. of Education ‘brazen, deceitful, dishonest’

Jason Russell · May 17, 2016 5:57 pm

Donald Trump, who suffered a landslide loss to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Utah's Republican primary back in March, has also opened up an edge over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo)

Trump opens up double-digit lead over Clinton in Utah

Gabby Morrongiello · May 16, 2016 10:06 pm

GOP weekly address a subtle call to unite behind Trump

Anna Giaritelli · May 14, 2016 10:00 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., touted the $37.5 billion energy and water spending bill as the earliest the Senate has passed an appropriations bill in four decades. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Senate overwhelmingly approves energy and water funding bill

Kyle Feldscher · May 12, 2016 7:22 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has called a hearing on his proposal to overhaul taxation of corporations. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch calls hearing on corporate tax reform plan

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 1:43 pm

"The president and White House spokesman Josh Earnest need to level with the American people and tell the truth about what our brave troops are doing in the Middle East ," Sullivan said. (AP File Photo/Rashah McChesney)

National Security

Senator: White House ‘diminishing the service’ of fallen Navy SEAL

Joel Gehrke · May 5, 2016 1:04 am