Tag: Senate

FDA doesn't need mandatory funding because it gets user fees and appropriations, Sen. Lamar Alexander says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate leader opposes mandatory FDA funds

Robert King · April 7, 2016 4:01 am

New funding for the National Institutes of Health remains a sticking point. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate panel advances medical innovation legislation

Robert King · April 6, 2016 4:07 pm

The Obama administration has been releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees at a steady clip in the hopes of obviating the need for the detention center, which Obama wants to shut down. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

GOP bill bans Gitmo releases to ‘unstable’ countries

Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2016 12:21 pm

The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility was capped earlier this year after a gas utility struggled for months to close the leak that forced nearby residents to evacuate. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Energy and Environment

White House launches probe into Calif. gas leak

John Siciliano · April 1, 2016 7:46 pm

Lawmakers want scientists to spend more time on research instead of administrative tasks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate wants to help NIH with its paperwork

Robert King · March 31, 2016 3:51 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said "throughout its history, the Senate has never confirmed a nominee to fill a Supreme Court vacancy that occurred this late in a term-limited president's time in office." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hatch: Supreme Court vote a bad idea during ‘nastiest election campaign’

Kelly Cohen · March 28, 2016 1:08 pm

—œThe Testing Bill of Rights outlines the need to accurately measure student learning in a way that is useful for parents and teachers and less burdensome for students,—? the Center for American Progress Action War Room said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Do students need a testing bill of rights?

Jason Russell · March 25, 2016 7:15 pm

"This rule will chill employer free speech and make it harder for small business owners to navigate a host of complex labor rules," said House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., in a joint letter with Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe, R-Tenn. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Republicans slam administration over labor ‘persuader’ rule

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2016 7:55 pm

Parents want to "set the Capitol on fire" when they hear of lawmakers voting against legislation that cracks down on [pedophiles], according to a Sen. Toomey aide. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Bill would protect military kids from sex offenders

Joel Gehrke · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Labor Secretary Tom Perez was grilled Thursday over the impact that the Obama administration's upcoming rule that would expand who qualifies for overtime would have on higher education. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Labor chief grilled on upcoming overtime rule

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2016 7:07 pm

"We can't just simply brush it off and say this was a bad start but everything is going great now," Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., said about the rollout of healthcare.gov. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Dems: Healthcare.gov problems in the past

Robert King · March 17, 2016 3:36 pm

More than half of the 23 taxpayer-funded, consumer oriented and operated plans have failed, and now one in Maine is on the verge of financial insolvency, according to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Hatch: Another Obamacare co-op could drop soon

Robert King · March 17, 2016 3:10 pm