Tag: Senate

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Senate Dems push NLRB nominee through committee

Sean Higgins · December 2, 2014 7:48 pm

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)

Sen. Hatch: IRS planning bonuses for staff who owe taxes

Susan Ferrechio · November 25, 2014 8:47 pm

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, stands near a campaign sign as he visits one of his campaign offices Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Mark Begich concedes to Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race

Rebecca Berg · November 18, 2014 12:21 am

The rules that Congress uses to measure the effects of tax changes are "downright dumb" for not including growth effects, Sen. Orrin Hatch said Monday. (AP Photo)

Orrin Hatch: ‘Downright dumb’ not to use dynamic scoring for taxes

Joseph Lawler · November 17, 2014 6:57 pm

Obama pulled his choice to the NLRB,Â Sharon Block, toÂ avoid a potential showdown with Senate Republicans. (NLRB.gov)

Obama pulls controversial NLRB nominee

Sean Higgins · November 13, 2014 1:57 am

Dan Sullivan has defeated Democratic incumbent Mark Begich in the Alaska Senate race, the Associated Press reported late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo)

AP calls it for Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race

Justin Green · November 12, 2014 3:33 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch says the Republicans should keep the nuclear option, which places him in agreement with prominent grassroots conservatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Orrin Hatch: Republicans should keep the nuclear option

Kelly Cohen · November 6, 2014 8:30 pm

Dan Sullivan defeats Begich in Alaska Senate race

Dan Sullivan defeats Begich in Alaska Senate race

Rebecca Berg, Justin Green · November 5, 2014 2:20 pm

Fiscal fight: GOP Congress vs. Obama

Fiscal fight: GOP Congress vs. Obama

Joseph Lawler · November 5, 2014 10:00 am

Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss.Â (AP Photos)

Trio of Southern GOP senators win re-election

Brian Hughes · November 5, 2014 1:38 am

Former Sen. Ted Stevens, a Republican who served Alaska in the Senate for 40 years, left Washington six years ago under a cloud. As he was being investigated by federal authorities for corruption, Stevens lost re-election to Mark Begich. (AP Photo)

Specter of Ted Stevens envelops Alaska Senate race

Rebecca Berg · November 3, 2014 12:58 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Sen. Ted Cruz will both visit Alaska to campaign on behalf of Dan Sullivan, the Republican who is challenging Sen. Mark Begich, the Democratic incumbent.Â (AP/Becky Bohrer)

Romney, Cruz head to Alaska to help Sullivan

Rebecca Berg · October 29, 2014 3:02 pm