Tag: House of Representatives

VIDEO: Talks of immigration reform heat up on the hill

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: House Republicans stand in way of ‘grand bargain’ on budget

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

From left, Cheryl Campbell, senior vice president of CGI Federal; Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI; Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions; and John Lau, program director for Serco, listen to questioning on Capitol Hill on, Thursday during aÃÂ HouseÃÂ EnergyÃÂ andÃÂ CommerceÃÂ CommitteeÃÂ hearing. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Lawmakers open first probe into botched health care roll out

Susan Ferrechio · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Cheryl Campbell, senior vice president of CGI listens at left as Andy Slavitt, representing QSSI's parent company, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites. The contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government's responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Builders of Obamacare website say more testing was needed

Sean Lengell · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Obamacare contractor: More accurate premium estimates would be easy

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

American Samoa delegate gets medevac to Oahu

American Samoa delegate gets medevac to Oahu

Associated Press · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden applauds as President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The president said now that the partial government shutdown is over, Republicans and Democrats should be able to work together to fix what he called "a broken immigration system." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama presses House GOP to pass immigration reform by year’s end

Susan Crabtree · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Jindal: Government Tells ‘Parents to Sit Down and Shut Up’

Michael Warren · October 23, 2013 5:24 pm

VIDEO: House Republicans mock online chat function on Obamacare website

Beltway Confidential

VIDEO: House Republicans mock online chat function on Obamacare website

Charlie Spiering · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, faulted the new health care overhaul, not the shutdown, for sucking up time and resources from the IRS staff. (AP file Image)

GOP lawmaker accuses IRS of putting Obamacare ahead of tax returns

Steve Contorno · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

As millions of Americans struggle to purchase health insurance on the error-prone online marketplaces, Republicans have lobbied for a postponement of the penalty levied on those who fail to show proof of insurance on their April taxes.

Republicans focus Obamacare fight on ‘mandate tax’

Steve Contorno · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.: "I've been a little bit pessimistic about the fact I don't think the president is going to approve the Keystone pipeline." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Reps. Ed Whitfield, Lee Terry see Keystone rejection from Obama

Zack Colman · October 23, 2013 4:00 am