Tag: Senate

Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 6:34 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg exits a stage after speaking with National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen at the museum Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)

Senate GOP clear path for possible Obama Supreme Court pick

Sean Lengell · January 27, 2015 10:00 am

"I believe my work right now should not be in our nation's capital but here at home in California," Steyer said. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Tom Steyer won’t run for Senate

Zack Colman · January 22, 2015 9:37 pm

Republicans call foul as Obama soft-pedals Islamic terror, promotes Cuba concessions

Republicans call foul as Obama soft-pedals Islamic terror, promotes Cuba concessions

Susan Crabtree · January 20, 2015 10:20 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to know why the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to delay customer service and refunds during tax filing season despite "wasteful and unnecessary spending" on union activity and bonuses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Tax reform effort is real, says top Republican lawmaker

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2015 3:20 pm

Top Republican senator calls for Medicare, Medicaid reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 20, 2015 3:14 pm

Injured Harry Reid returns to Senate

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2015 1:14 pm

"I don't know that we've even scratched the surface on the degree of difficulty we face when it comes to tax reform," Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Republican rift threatens high-tech immigration bill

Sean Lengell · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who will oversee an effort to reform the tax code as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the proposal would hinder economic expansion and job growth and would shrink savings. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

No GOP praise for Obama’s tax proposal

Susan Ferrechio · January 18, 2015 8:59 pm

Key Republican rejects new White House sick leave proposal

Key Republican rejects new White House sick leave proposal

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2015 7:45 pm

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., have launched bipartisan working groups to build support for tax reform amid dim expectations for a compromise on overhauling the outdated U.S. tax code. (AP Photo)

Hatch, Wyden form tax working groups

Joseph Lawler · January 15, 2015 4:31 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Sen. Alexander releases plan to fix No Child Left Behind

Jason Russell · January 14, 2015 7:01 pm