Tag: Senate

A letter sent on Friday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pictured right) by Alaska's congressional delegation says "We believe the strongest near-term offshore program in Alaska is one that focuses on the Chukchi, Beaufort, and Cook Inlet." Zinke had proposed 14 Arctic areas as targets to include in a final drilling plan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Alaska GOP tells Ryan Zinke to back off on offshore drilling plan

John Siciliano · January 27, 2018 1:13 am

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, along with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., are introducing a bill that would double the amount of H1-B visas handed out each year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bill from Orrin Hatch, Jeff Flake would more than double high-tech visas

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2018 10:44 pm

The Stick Does the Trick

The Scrapbook · January 26, 2018 9:24 am

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Trump "has made a number of dramatic improvements.". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney expected to announce Senate bid next week: Report

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 11:01 pm

On Wednesday, senators agreed to create a bipartisan bill to resolve the status of DACA recipients. Lawmakers decided that ideas should filter through the two Senate whips - Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured above) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. - who will then work together to write a bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators agree on plan to write bipartisan immigration bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 24, 2018 11:25 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ended up having to use a talking stick to keep order. But shouldn't our elected officials be able to make it through tough or unpleasant discussions without the use of gimmicks or toys? (AP Photo/Alan Fram)

Beltway Confidential

Losing all faith in Congress, one interview at a time

Becket Adams · January 24, 2018 12:51 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has said there is little support in the lower chamber for two bipartisan Obamacare stabilization bills, favored by more moderate GOP lawmakers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Republicans want more concessions in Obamacare bills

Robert King · January 23, 2018 9:00 am

The defense budget has been tied up in the immigration debate and the DACA impasse that partially shuttered the government over the weekend. Senators said the breakthrough Monday could smooth the way for Congress to raise 2018 spending caps and pass an appropriations bill for the Pentagon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Time to bust the caps? Senators feel optimistic about a defense budget deal as government prepares to reopen

Travis J. Tritten · January 22, 2018 8:01 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters that an end to the three-day shutdown would bring Congress closer to getting deals on a variety of issues that include two Obamacare stabilization bills. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins see shutdown deal as opening to help Obamacare insurers

Robert King · January 22, 2018 4:18 pm

The Trump-sympathetic parts of the conservative movement are right that the president's first year has produced some policy victories, but the first year should not have calmed anyone who was concerned about his erratic behavior. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

A reckoning for #NeverTrump? Trump’s first year has not been a disaster

Kevin Glass · January 20, 2018 5:01 am

Terzian: Rise of the Gerontocracy

Philip Terzian · January 18, 2018 10:28 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called the negotiations over an immigration reform bill "chaos" while speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday evening.

Lindsey Graham takes shots at Trump, Congress over immigration deal in Senate floor speech

Diana Stancy Correll · January 18, 2018 4:25 am