Tag: Tom Carper

Stricter border crossing control may have slowed Mexican migration.Â (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, File)

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spent millions on field radios that don’t work

Sarah Bedford · March 26, 2015 9:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Democrats don’t mind that Harry Reid is blocking some of their ideas

David M. Drucker · July 10, 2014 9:03 pm

After months of delay, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will hold a critical test vote on legislation that would raise the minimum wage by nearly 40 percent, to $10.10 an hour. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid plans minimum wage vote this week

Susan Ferrechio · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is taking a behind-the-scenes approach. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg )

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obama’s behind-the-scenes budget warrior

Susan Crabtree · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Bitcoin: Taxed as property, regulated as currency?

Ashe Schow · March 26, 2014 12:00 am

National Security

Leadership void at Department of Homeland Security

Steve Contorno · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

Senate report finds massive fraud in West Virginia Social Security office

Steve Contorno · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is taking a behind-the-scenes approach. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg )

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obama’s behind-the-scenes budget warrior

Susan Crabtree · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

The U.S. Postal Service has long vowed that neither bad weather nor gloom of night will keep it from delivering the nation's mail. But sagging incomes, rising debt and the nation's increasing reliance on electronic communication are threatening the organization like Mother Nature never could.ÃÂ (AP Photo/The Republic, Joel Philippsen)

Postal Service tries to stem red ink

Sean Lengell · October 4, 2013 4:00 am