Tag: Senate

Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Kirsten Gillibrand (on right) are calling for more money now that their campaigns have helped increase reporting. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Surprise, surprise: Campus sexual assault hysteria led to more reporting, now they want more money

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2015 7:47 pm

As Sen. Orrin Hatch noted, "Reforming our international tax system is a critical step on the road toward comprehensive tax reform." (AP Photo)Â

Global tax reform will lead to economic growth at home

Kyle Pomerleau · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

In a sign that Carly Fiorina's long-shot effort is gaining traction, some of the media coverage is also going beyond the simple matter of how she relates to Hillary Clinton as a woman. (AP Photo)Â

News media begin taking notice of Carly Fiorina

Eddie Scarry · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with eight Democrats, wrote a letter to Senate Rules Committee chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., calling for an unspecified minimum wage for all contracted Senate employees. (Washington Examiner)

Democrats call for ‘living wage’ for Senate workers

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:11 pm

On business taxation, "the United States has fallen so out of step with the rest of the world," Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said. (AP File Photo)

Few options for the biggest obstacle to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

Congress: Middle class incomes drop as immigration surges

Paul Bedard · April 23, 2015 6:48 pm

Key Senate committee OKs Fast Track trade bill

Key Senate committee OKs Fast Track trade bill

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2015 2:19 am

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Fast Track committee vote prompts furious lobbying

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 8:45 pm

President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Obama downplays Democratic divisions over Fast Track

Susan Crabtree · April 17, 2015 7:11 pm

President Obama wants Fast Track passed before he submits the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-Pacific-Rim-nation trade deal, to Congress for approval. (AP Photo)Â

Tax reform hits roadblock: Small businesses

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

Orrin Hatch talks with reporters on his way to the Senate Chamber on April 3, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Bill announced to give Obama trade authority

Sean Higgins · April 16, 2015 7:46 pm

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants "heads to roll" at the government's nuclear regulator for misrepresenting a critical review of a California nuclear plant.Â (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Boxer wants ‘heads to roll’ at nuclear regulator

John Siciliano · April 15, 2015 5:31 pm