House Democrat to offer bill ending automatic cuts
02/27/2013 1:12am
A senior House Democrat is proposing to eliminate the pending automatic spending cuts while also trimming the government's budget by more than $300 billion in hopes of paving the way for a broader agreement over how to tame the federal deficit.
House chairman opposes universal background checks
02/27/2013 10:15am
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he opposes universal background checks on gun sales and doesn't foresee such a measure being part of gun legislation in the House.
Father of Newtown victim: Ban assault weapons
02/27/2013 10:29am
Fighting tears, the father of one of the first graders slain in the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting is begging the Senate Judiciary Committee to ban assault weapons.
House committee takes up school safety issues
02/27/2013 11:12am
The top Democrat on the House education committee says any discussion about school safety needs to be coupled with "common sense strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those who intend harm."
Budget battle guide: Skidding into a fiscal pileup
02/27/2013 11:51am
America's leaders have threatened to shut the government down, drive it over a cliff and bounce it off the ceiling. Now they're ready to smack it with a "sequester." And it looks like they mean it this time.
Panel: change sentencing in child porn cases
02/27/2013 2:23pm
The U.S. Sentencing Commission says the advent of the Internet has led to broad sentencing disparities in child pornography cases, and that the existing penalty structure needs to be changed.
Pentagon says cuts may hurt intelligence-gathering
02/27/2013 3:10pm
The Pentagon's top intelligence officials say looming automatic budget cuts and the downturn in defense spending put the development of essential intelligence-gathering tools in jeopardy.
Budget cuts to hit overseas congressional trips
02/27/2013 3:33pm
There's more fallout from those automatic budget cuts: Congressional trips overseas are taking a hit.
Rosa Parks statue unveiled at Capitol
02/27/2013 4:37pm
The nation's most powerful politicians honored Rosa Parks on Wednesday by unveiling her statue in a permanent place in the U.S. Capitol. President Barack Obama praised Parks as an enduring reminder of what true leadership requires, "no matter how humble or lofty our positions."
Senate Dems' bill light on deficit cuts in 2013
02/27/2013 10:59pm
White House-backed legislation in the Senate to replace $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts would raise the deficit through the end of the budget year by tens of billions of dollars, officials said late Wednesday as the two parties maneuvered for public support on economic issues.
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