“I'm still far removed from the modern lexicon of people who are actually cool. So, I'm very careful not to try to use lingo that's above my coolness pay grade.” –Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on trying to be hip on Twitter as the Senate's youngest member. (BuzzFeed).
Democrats face an uphill battle as they seek to retake the House majority they lost in 2010, writes The Cook Political Report’s Charlie Cook. The chamber has largely sorted itself out. With 96% of Democratic House members representing districts carried by Obama and 94% of Republican House lawmakers representing districts...
The U.S. posted its first January surplus in five years, The Wall Street Journal reported. The surplus for the month was $2.88 billion, compared with a deficit of $27.41 billion in January 2012.
Today is the last chance for states to tell the Health and Human Services Department whether they want to have any role in planning the health insurance marketplaces that are set to open for enrollment in October. INFO RECORD-BREAKING RECOVERIES FROM HEALTH FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS NJ writes, “For every dollar spent...
Sen. Mike Johanns, R-NE, has introduced a series of new bills that would curb the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and subject it to fines for missing reporting deadlines, The Hill reported on Thursday. “EPA is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed,” Johanns declared on the...
The Government Accountability Office on Thursday added climate change to its biennial list of “high-risk” challenges in need of government action. “Climate change creates significant financial risks for the federal government, which owns extensive infrastructure, such as defense installations; insures property through the National Flood Insurance Program; and provides emergency...
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