Tag: Senate

Recent developments have given Yucca Mountain supporters hope that the stalemate hanging over the project is almost over. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senate spending bill lacks funding for Yucca nuclear waste storage

Zack Colman · May 19, 2015 6:30 pm

Tennessee Lamar Alexander promotes fellow Sen. Bob Corker for president. AP Photo

Alexander pushes Sen. Corker for president, SecState

Paul Bedard · May 19, 2015 11:00 am

"This new analysis from the administration's own energy statistician calls needed attention to the threats posed by the president's misguided 'Clean Power Plan,'" said Sen. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., who introduced legislation this month to roll back the EPA's plan by giving states the ability to opt out of compliance. Under the legislation, a state would not have to comply if the governor shows that abiding by the emission limits would raise energy costs or threaten the reliable flow of electricity. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Senate bill to roll back EPA rules draws fire

John Siciliano · May 14, 2015 9:00 am

Republicans: Dems reneged on trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · May 12, 2015 8:09 pm

Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Kirsten Gillibrand (on right) are calling for more money now that their campaigns have helped increase reporting. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Surprise, surprise: Campus sexual assault hysteria led to more reporting, now they want more money

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2015 7:47 pm

As Sen. Orrin Hatch noted, "Reforming our international tax system is a critical step on the road toward comprehensive tax reform." (AP Photo)Â

Global tax reform will lead to economic growth at home

Kyle Pomerleau · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

In a sign that Carly Fiorina's long-shot effort is gaining traction, some of the media coverage is also going beyond the simple matter of how she relates to Hillary Clinton as a woman. (AP Photo)Â

News media begin taking notice of Carly Fiorina

Eddie Scarry · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with eight Democrats, wrote a letter to Senate Rules Committee chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., calling for an unspecified minimum wage for all contracted Senate employees. (Washington Examiner)

Democrats call for ‘living wage’ for Senate workers

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:11 pm

On business taxation, "the United States has fallen so out of step with the rest of the world," Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said. (AP File Photo)

Few options for the biggest obstacle to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

Congress: Middle class incomes drop as immigration surges

Paul Bedard · April 23, 2015 6:48 pm

Key Senate committee OKs Fast Track trade bill

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2015 2:19 am

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Fast Track committee vote prompts furious lobbying

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 8:45 pm