After passing countless bills targeting EPA regulations in the past two years—only to watch the vast majority of them collect dust in the Democratic-controlled Senate—House Republicans are beginning to acknowledge they are running out of options for challenging President Obama’s environmental agenda. “The path forward right now would be to...
When Rep. Nita Lowey of NY was picked as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee it was a long time in coming. The veteran politician, now 75, who is the first woman to hold the ranking member position on the committee, bowed out of the New York Senate...
Obama will ask Congress for roughly $50 billion in emergency aid to help states recover from Hurricane Sandy, The New York Times reports. The request could range between $45 billion and $55 billion. “That represents an enormous sum at a time when Mr. Obama is locked in a titanic struggle...
As President Obama and Republican leaders try to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases beginning in the New Year, several lawmakers say a stalled farm bill that reshapes nutrition and agriculture programs could contribute billions of dollars in savings.
Coalition For Fiscal & National Security launched an ad blitz Wednesday calling on Congress to stabilize the national debt. The letter features a number of famous signatories, including former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, James Baker and George Shultz, former Defense Secretaries Robert Gates, Frank Carlucci and Harold...
Politico notes that, with the final numbers in, both Team Obama and Team Romney raised more than $1 billion - “Obama: $1.123 billion, Romney: $1.019 billion. That’s the final fundraising tally in the most expensive presidential election ever, according to reports filed Thursday with the FEC by the campaigns and...
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