Tag: Senate

Senators wrote to the Obama administration on Tuesday asking what is being done to help aid identity theft victims and prevent future cyberattacks. (iStock photo)

Senators probe healthcare hacks

Robert King · November 10, 2015 5:34 pm

Sen. BarbaraÂ Boxer, of California, is not running for re-election, but is among the staunchest opponents of the project.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Boxer thanks Obama for rejecting Keystone

Susan Ferrechio · November 6, 2015 5:28 pm

Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID).

With Sen. Risch, Rubio ties Bush for most Senate endorsements

Al Weaver · November 4, 2015 9:59 pm

Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee wrote to the administration Monday on the consumer-operated and oriented plans created by Obamacare.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers want to know why O’care startups are failing

Robert King · November 2, 2015 7:26 pm

Remembering Fred Thompson

Beltway Confidential

Remembering Fred Thompson

Michael Barone · November 2, 2015 2:23 pm

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will testify at aÂ Senate Finance Committee hearing next Tuesday, June 2, to examine how criminals were able to steal the data of 100,000 taxpayers directly from the IRS' website. (AP Photo)

Impeachment for embattled IRS head moves forward

Sarah Bedford · October 28, 2015 6:11 pm

Sen.Â Lamar Alexander and other lawmakers accuse the department of planning to use OSHA to punish businesses for issuesÂ unrelated to workplace safety and hiding those efforts from Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP demands documents on OSHA rule targeting franchisers

Sean Higgins · October 27, 2015 10:14 pm

IRS chief faces Senate grilling over Tea Party targeting

IRS chief faces Senate grilling over Tea Party targeting

Sarah Bedford · October 27, 2015 3:41 pm

In the name of "security," the government has claimed vast authority to monitor everyone. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hands off our data!

Eric Peters · October 21, 2015 4:01 am

Union members marchÂ in the annual Labor Day Parade in New York, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. In most states, workersÂ can still be forced to accept union representation.Â (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

New speaker should make Employee Rights Act a priority

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2015 6:55 am

Volkswagen admitted that it manipulated emissions results in 482,000 U.S. diesel vehicles to make them appear to run cleaner. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

Energy and Environment

Senators investigating if VW lied to get tax credits

Kyle Feldscher · October 7, 2015 2:44 pm

The right to vote on workplace unionization and the right to consent to funding political causes are more than justÂ issues of basic fairness for employees. (AP Photo)

White House summit is muzzle, not megaphone, of worker voice

Richard Berman, Newt Gingrich · October 7, 2015 4:02 am