House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press |
posted 18 minutes ago
Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity.
Senate panel approves immigration bill
David Espo and Erica Werner, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 6:51pm
Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.
Details of the Senate immigration bill
The Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 6:18pm
A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee:
McKeon: State didn't ask for help before Benghazi
Richard Lardner, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 4:16pm
A senior House Republican says U.S. military forces weren't in a position to help those under attack at a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya because the State Department had failed to ask the Pentagon for help in securing the compound before the raid.
Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Matthew Pennington, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 4:10pm
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy.
Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 3:51pm
The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut _ or roughly a half of 1 percent _ to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.
Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels
Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 3:24pm
A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war.
IRS official Lerner to take 5th at hearing
Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 2:46pm
A key figure in the Internal Revenue Service controversy plans to invoke her constitutional right not to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation
Desmond Butler, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 12:58pm
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.
US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 12:16pm
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
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