Tag: Mary Landrieu

Mary Landrieu has been pushing a bill that would allow some states to grab a share of the federal revenue from offshore oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Energy and Environment

States look to cash in on offshore drilling; bill would aid re-election bid of Lousiana’s Mary Landrieu

Zack Colman · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

The U.S. has maintained a ban on exporting crude since the 1970s -- when the Arab oil embargo crippled supplies and sent prices skyward -- save for a small amount that flows north to Canada. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Debate grows over whether U.S. should end decades-long ban on oil exports

Zack Colman · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Senate Democrats, emerge from a private meeting at the Capitol with senior Obama administration officials, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner, after seeking reassurances about problems with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Do Democrats really want to ‘fix’ Obamacare?

Byron York · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Embattled Democratic candidates promise to fix Obamacare

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Dems Hit on Obamacare in New TV Ads

Senate Dems Hit on Obamacare in New TV Ads

Michael Warren · January 2, 2014 2:59 pm

Sen. David Vitter plans to spend the holidays mulling over a possible run for Louisiana governor in 2015. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner file)

David Vitter mulls run for governor in Louisiana

David M. Drucker · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is poised to head theÃÂ Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeÃÂ after reports Wednesday that the White House will appoint Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., as the U.S. ambassador to China.

Energy and Environment

Mary Landrieu poised to lead Energy Committee in Senate musical chairs

Zack Colman · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Mary Landrieu takes credit for Obamacare fix in new ad in Louisiana

Mary Landrieu takes credit for Obamacare fix in new ad in Louisiana

Rebecca Berg · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Party control of the U.S. Senate may change after the 2014 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare’s rocky rollout improves Republicans’ 2014 outlook

Michael Barone · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack ObamaÃ?s popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Some Democrats keep distance as Obama’s popularity drops

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Infographic: Key races in 2014 Senate elections

Infographic: Key races in 2014 Senate elections

Elliot Smilowitz · November 29, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 file photo, House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The leaders of the House Financial Services Committee say they are standing behind last yearÃ?s bipartisan legislation to put the flood insurance program on sounder financial footing even as the implementation of the law has sparked a chorus of complaints from constituents fearing spikes in premiums and plummeting home values. Rep. Neugebauer, who chaired a hearing Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013 of the Financial Services CommitteeÃ?s housing and insurance subcommittee. Ã?We do know that there are some people out there who are going to experience higher premiums. But, you know, that was the purpose.Ã? (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

Energy and Environment

Few in Congress support delaying changes in flood insurance

Associated Press · November 21, 2013 5:00 am