Tag: Senate

"I think it's a pretty tough case to try and bring," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, a longtime Republican member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNN. (AP Photo)

Hatch: Trump’s birther case against Cruz is ‘hard case to make’

Joel Gehrke · February 17, 2016 10:01 pm

Rep. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is worried President Obama will issue an executive order to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hatch slams possible Obama move on drug prices

Robert King · February 11, 2016 5:16 pm

IRS announces taxpayer data stolen in cyberattack

IRS announces taxpayer data stolen in cyberattack

Rudy Takala · February 10, 2016 2:14 pm

The Lamar Alexander prize winner in the New Hampshire primary is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who ran 3.05 percent and 7,991 votes behind Sen. Marco Rubio. (Kevin R. Wexler/The Record of Bergen County via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Who won the Lamar Alexander prize in New Hampshire?

Michael Barone · February 10, 2016 1:59 pm

"I think it is fair to ask, why would the president cut funding for the Corps of Engineers at a time when more investment is needed," he said. (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate panel debates funding for medical research

Robert King · February 10, 2016 12:50 am

Lamar Alexander finished in third place in the Iowa caucuses in 1996. Marco Rubio did the same in 2016. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Rubio enters New Hampshire like it’s 1996

Michael Barone · February 8, 2016 10:50 pm

"I am very pleased that the Senate realizes what a crisis my constituents are facing in Southern California and that there must be national attention paid to finding a solution," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Energy and Environment

California’s victory in energy bill may bode well for Flint

John Siciliano · February 3, 2016 5:08 pm

A big concern is the time it takes for generic drugs to be approved by the agency. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Senators want more from FDA on drug prices

Robert King · January 28, 2016 6:19 pm

Houseboats float in the drought-lowered waters of Oroville Lake near Oroville, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2014. California might only receive 10 percent of expected supplies in 2016. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Drought-stricken states need Congress to make it rain

Kyle Feldscher · January 25, 2016 5:01 am

JohnÂ Koskinen told a Senate committee that the IRS remains committed to fixing issues stemming from a 2013 report that the agency was unfairly targeting select Republican political organizations applying for 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status. (AP Photo)

IRS under fire for erasing records sought in court order

Sarah Bedford · January 22, 2016 3:08 pm

The GOP establishment is blinded by their hatred of Ted Cruz

Beltway Confidential

The GOP establishment is blinded by their hatred of Ted Cruz

Philip Klein · January 22, 2016 1:02 am

In a separate bill put forth by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, dubbed the Mens Rea Reform Act of 2015, the types of crimes for which prosecutors would have to show defendants knew their conduct was breaking criminal law would be expanded. (AP file photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Mens rea’ fight threatens to derail criminal justice reform

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2016 9:11 pm