Tag: Senate

‘NeverTrump’ movement should shift focus to Senate

Lisa Boothe · June 15, 2016 12:38 am

Proposed $10.25 tax would hurt middle- and lower-income families, Senate Finance head says. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Energy and Environment

Hatch: Obama oil tax is a bad deal

John Siciliano · June 14, 2016 7:00 pm

A Very Necessary Update to Labor Laws

Mark Hemingway · June 8, 2016 4:42 pm

The Senate Finance Committee approved the re-nomination of Charles Blahous to be a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare by a vote of 14 to 12. (Bloomberg File)

Senate advances nominee portrayed as Koch stooge by Democrats

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2016 3:25 pm

"You have to look at a body of work for a long period of time before anybody calls anybody else a racist," Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)

GOP: Trump’s remarks were racist, but he’s not a racist

Susan Ferrechio · June 8, 2016 4:01 am

"This should not take the place of the work we're doing at Health, Education, Labor and Pensions," Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senators hold fire on Obamacare, boost NIH funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 7, 2016 3:45 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch told the IRS he is "concerned that this area of our tax code is ripe for exploitation." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Tax-exempt private museums under congressional scrutiny

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2016 4:38 pm

The letter was led by Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, the top Democrats on the energy and environment committees, respectively. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Dems urge rule changes to kick coal out of the market

John Siciliano · May 27, 2016 5:33 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander said he is talking with Democrats about funding for the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Cures bill may come to Senate floor next month

Robert King · May 25, 2016 9:26 pm

President Obama is ignoring the law that the president signed, and is attempting instead to write implementation rules that claim powers specifically forbidden in the statutory language. (AP Photo)

Obama is already breaking the new education law

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2016 4:01 am

Senate votes to block Obama rule on conflicts of interest in retirement advice

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 10:01 pm

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm