CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.
Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 8:05pm
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.
House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
Jim Abrams, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 6:38pm
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
Alan Fram, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:17pm
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday.
NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
Kimberly Dozier and Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 3:16pm
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.
House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 2:59pm
Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and nutrition help for pregnant women.
Boehner: Senate bill weak on border security
Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 9:10am
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says any immigration bill passing the House ought to have support from a majority of both Republicans and Democrats. That's a high bar on a difficult, often partisan issue.
Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests
Charles Babington, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 2:41pm
The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans.
McCain presses Obama on secret emails
Jack Gillum, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 1:41pm
Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it creates a "secret alternate communications network."
Senator wants answers about alleged CIA payments
Richard Lardner, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 1:35pm
Senator Bob Corker says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama administration about alleged cash payments from the CIA to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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