▼ Author Community Vote 7 days ago Paul Kane Minor Senate bill transformed into broad reform package - — In a sign of just how unpopular Congress has become, rank-and-file senators hijacked debate over a narrowly tailored ethics bill and won broad approval Thursday of a more sweeping reform package imposing new conflict-of-interest rules … 20 days ago Paul Kane SOPA, PIPA votes to be delayed in House and Senate - — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), author of the Stop Online Privacy Act, said on Friday that he is postponing consideration of the bill in response to concerns from critics who said the bill could lead to censorship. 40 days ago Paul Kane House Republicans face pressure on extension of payroll tax cut - — House Republicans faced mounting pressure Wednesday from critics inside and outside the party who worry that their standoff with President Obama over whether to extend a payroll tax cut could do lasting damage to the GOP. 71 days ago Paul Kane Supercommittee announces failure in effort to tame debt - — A special congressional supercommittee acknowledged failure Monday in efforts to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. — The failure, which sets in motion a mechanism for major across-the-board spending cuts … 72 days ago Paul Kane Senate ethics committee admonishes Burris - — Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. — In a three-page “public letter of qualified admonition” issued Friday … -- 73 days ago Paul Kane Lawmakers seek more help from administration for Fort Hood investigations - — White House wants lawmakers to slow their investigations — A bipartisan group of senators began a concerted push Wednesday to get more cooperation from the Obama administration in its reviews of the Fort Hood shootings … 85 days ago Paul Kane The House health care debate: What to watch for - — The House has officially begun debate on President Obama's massive health-care proposal, with a final vote likely to come some time after 8 p.m. Several key moments have already occured, while a few more are in the offing … -- 120 days ago Paul Kane Reid's at the Reins in Health-Care Battle - — With the Senate Finance Committee finally poised to complete its work, the volatile health-care debate shifts into closed-door negotiations taking place around the conference room of Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.). 128 days ago Paul Kane Democrats Are Jarred by Drop In Fundraising - — Complacency, Absence of Big Donors Cited — Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers … 136 days ago Paul Kane Republicans Denounce Pelosi for Warning Against 'Incitement' - — The House Republicans' top campaign chief strongly denounced Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments that appeared to question whether today's angry conservative protests were similar to anti-gay rallies in the late 1970s that preceded … --

See all...