Tag: House of Representatives

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., introduced the VA Retaliation Prevention Act in January. (AP)

Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Jeff Miller retiring

Kelly Cohen · March 10, 2016 8:14 pm

McKay Daniels is the chief of staff for Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Staffer who started up Ribble’s office now shutting it down

Nicole Duran · March 7, 2016 5:01 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., offered a budget plan that sets discretionary spending at $1.07 trillion, the same level agreed to last year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Divided GOP struggles to find budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2016 5:01 am

"In Nebraska, we do not spend money we do not have," Rep. Brad Ashford said. "Washington should work the same way." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik/File)

Dems demand balanced budget amendment to Constitution

Pete Kasperowicz · March 3, 2016 3:00 pm

"We will do everything possible to protect their identities," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers pledge to keep names of fetal tissue researchers private

Robert King · March 2, 2016 10:34 pm

Rather than going back to a blue ribbon commission done 30 years ago, that may be one of the recommendations we have," Diane Black said. (AP Photo)

GOP heightens scrutiny of medical research

Robert King · March 2, 2016 7:07 pm

A lack of fetal tissue research could hurt scientists' efforts to study the spreading Zika virus, according to a scientist. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Lack of fetal tissue could hurt research into Zika virus

Robert King · March 2, 2016 4:48 pm

"The weak, the vulnerable, those with no voice -- harvest and sold -- there is something going on, something that deserves investigating," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

GOP, Dems brawl over subpoenas

Robert King · March 2, 2016 3:52 pm

"It is time for us to go on offense now," Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., said on the Supreme Court steps on the same day the justices hear arguments in a major abortion case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

Dems vow to go on ‘offense’ on abortion

Robert King · March 2, 2016 3:15 pm

Watch: Paul Ryan explains why he stepped in on Trump

Watch: Paul Ryan explains why he stepped in on Trump

Anna Giaritelli · March 2, 2016 12:37 am

"This year's budget should reduce discretionary spending and restore sanity to our nation's fiscal policy," the RSC wrote in its guidelines. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

Largest conservative faction in the House demands budget cuts

Susan Ferrechio · March 1, 2016 9:16 pm

The House voted unanimously on Monday to pass a bill that would remove words like "Negro" and "Oriental" from federal law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to strike ‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ from federal law

Pete Kasperowicz · February 29, 2016 11:52 pm