Food stamp cuts key to farm bill's fate in House
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press |
posted 17 minutes ago
House passage of a massive farm bill could turn on the level of food stamp cuts as key backers scrambled Wednesday to secure support for the five-year, half-trillion dollar measure.
Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Philip Elliott, Associated Press |
posted 53 minutes ago
A bipartisan compromise on student loans started to take shape in the Senate on Wednesday linking interest rates to the financial markets. If approved, it would prevent rates for new borrowing from doubling in coming days.
Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percent
Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 1:12pm
Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that also finds the measure reduces federal deficits by billions.
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
Philip Elliott, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 12:46pm
House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states.
GOP targets high-speed rail, transportation grants
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 12:29pm
House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation projects.
Republican Sen. Murkowski supports gay marriage
Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 10:15am
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so.
Capitol's Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
Valerie Bonk, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 8:35am
The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol.
Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Charles Babington, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 1:21am
Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.
NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
Kimberly Dozier and Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 10:19pm
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.
CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
David Espo and Erica Werner, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 8:51pm
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.
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