Tag: PennAve

McConnell ‘bound and determined’ to end Senate dysfunction

David M. Drucker · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Energy and Environment

States to challenge Obama’s climate rules

Zack Colman · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

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Obama’s leverage wanes with Iran

Charles Hoskinson · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pat down undocumented immigrants from El Salvador before boarding them onto a deportation flight in Mesa, Ariz. (John Moore/Getty Images)

GOP tries to grapple with Obama’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Energy and Environment

Senate Dems to float provisions on Keystone XL bill

Zack Colman · January 5, 2015 9:37 am

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks about his agenda for a GOP-controlled Congress during an interview with the Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell strikes a moderate tone for new Congress

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 10:26 pm

In this Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 file photo, motorists fill their tanks at a convenience store in Platt City, Mo., where prices dropped below $2-per-gallon for regular gas. Congressional Republicans are not ruling out raising the gas tax to keep afloat the broke Highway Trust Fund. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Republicans haven’t ruled out raising gas tax

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:57 pm

Gohmert to challenge Boehner for speaker’s gavel

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:07 pm

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., second from right, walk to the Senate floor in the U.S. Capitol complex last month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Thune: Republicans won’t shut down Homeland Security

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 4:38 pm

In this Oct. 8, 2014, photo, Mia Love, the Republican nominee in Utah's 4th congressional district, smiles after speaking during a rally, in Lehi, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mia Love supports Steve Scalise: ‘He should stay in leadership’

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 4:01 pm

Any nominee to fill the position of ambassador to Cuba would be subject to a vote by the Senate -- a bar that would be "very difficult" to clear, Sen. Bob Menendez, the outgoing chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday. (AP File)

Menendez: Confirming a new ambassador to Cuba will be ‘very difficult’

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 3:27 pm

The rule would require companies to disclose the ratio between the CEO's annual pay and their employees'. (iStock Photo)

CEO pay rule a top SEC priority

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2015 2:00 pm