Tag: Senate

Hospitals are "terrified" at the prospect of meeting new federal regulations for using electronic health records, Sen. Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo)

Senator seeks delay of ‘terrifying’ health IT program

Robert King · September 16, 2015 4:00 pm

The last time Congress passed a long-term highway funding authorization measure was in 2005. Since then, it has punted using dozens of smaller measures, including the three-month, $8 billion bill Congress approved in July.

Highway bill tangled like spaghetti junction

Susan Ferrechio · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

The Los Angeles Times describes Sundheim as a fiscal conservative who "diverges from party orthodoxy on many core issues." (AP File Photo)

Silicon Valley Republican launches bid for Boxer’s Senate seat

Gabby Morrongiello · September 9, 2015 11:01 pm

"I think it's a good balance because this is the new battlefield that we're on. Cyber is a great risk," Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., told theÂ Washington Examiner. (Wikimedia Commons)Â

Lawmaker bucks conservatives on cyberlegislation

Rudy Takala · September 9, 2015 8:52 pm

Lamar Alexander said the NLRB should have been more definitive in defining the college athletes as students, not workers. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Top labor Republican says NLRB ruling fell short

Susan Ferrechio · August 17, 2015 6:27 pm

Orrin Hatch, Dean Heller back Jeb Bush

David M. Drucker · August 12, 2015 1:56 pm

IRS official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

IRS report finds ‘gross mismanagement,’ ‘personal politics’

Susan Ferrechio · August 5, 2015 9:22 pm

Democrats, led by ranking member Sen. Barbara Boxer, suggested the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing should stop. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Energy and Environment

Democrats walk out on heated vote on power plant rule

Zack Colman · August 5, 2015 5:26 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Hatch accuses Obama of sitting out disability insurance debate

Jason Russell · August 4, 2015 6:27 pm

"We have, let's just say, a diverse committee," Lamar Alexander said. "We're all interested in this and we all want to do the right thing." (AP Photo)Â

Alexander: Cures bill bipartisan enough for election year

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 28, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., second from left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2015, where the Employee Rights Act was discussed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP rolls out Employee Rights Act to cripple union power

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2015 9:44 pm

Senator Ted Cruz speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Sunday, July 26. 2015, after he tried unsuccessfully to force the Senate to consider an amendment to a transportation bill stating that sanctions on Iran could not be lifted until the country recognizes Israel's right to exist. Sen. Cruz was unable to rally enough senators to back his effort to get a roll call vote on the matter. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republican ‘Old Guard’ pushes back against Cruz and Lee

Susan Ferrechio · July 26, 2015 10:18 pm