Tag: House of Representatives

House Ethics Committee looking at McMorris Rodgers

House Ethics Committee looking at McMorris Rodgers

Henry Jackson · February 6, 2014 10:03 pm

This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows firefighter A.J. Tevis watching the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The House has approved a wide-ranging bill that speeds logging of trees burned in last year's massive Rim Fire in California. The measure also allows vehicular access to North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore, extends livestock grazing permits on federal land in the West and lifts longstanding restrictions on canoes, rafts and other "hand-propelled" watercraft in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

House backs bill to speed logging of burned trees

Matthew Daly · February 6, 2014 9:07 pm

House Speaker John Boehner says his Republican conference is having trouble coming up with a plan to avoid hitting the government's fast-approaching debt limit, suggesting that even heavenly intervention wouldn't help. ÃÂ (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner file)

John Boehner: Mother Teresa couldn’t help Congress right now

Sean Lengell · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.:ÃÂ "I've been very careful in saying very precisely that Congress is not going to act at the present time. But the present time can be changed, even with some of the present members when the public pressure grows." (AP)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats rev up climate initiative

Zack Colman · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

With the edge of California's Folsom Lake more than 100 yards away, girls walk on rocks that are usually at the water's edge, on Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

House passes California drought relief bill

Sean Lengell · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

There have been 85 confirmed bald and golden eagle deaths attributed to wind turbines in the past 13 years, according to a study by a group of biologists working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that was released in September. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Feds enforcing Endangered Species Act keep data behind policies hidden from public

Mark Tapscott · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama tells House Dems he is ready to work on ‘shared priorities’

Meghashyam Mali · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

‘The Populists Are Right’

‘The Populists Are Right’

Daniel Halper · February 2, 2014 1:01 pm

GOP Leadership vs. Rising Stars?

GOP Leadership vs. Rising Stars?

Daniel Halper · February 2, 2014 12:32 pm

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stipulated that "we need to secure the border first" in any overhaul of immigration policy. (AP File)

Bobby Jindal: GOP shouldn’t wait to pass immigration reform

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Sunday "I believe firmly we will have a vote on an alternative for a healthcare system that works for people." (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

House vote on Obamacare alternative coming this year, majority leader says

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

GOP committee has $21M banked to defend House

GOP committee has $21M banked to defend House

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2014 8:37 pm