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GOP senator: confirming ambassador to cuba ‘won’t happen’

by Ross Krasner | Sep 28, 2016 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the first U.S ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years faced immediate opposition from GOP senators Wednesday, casting serious doubt on the long-shot attempt to get Senate confirmation of Jeffrey DeLaurentis....
Lawmakers investigate potential cyberattacks on this year’s voting machines

Lawmakers investigate potential cyberattacks on this year’s voting machines

by Andrew Merica | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The risk of hacking into voting systems on Election Day is remote and unlikely, some election officials and experts said Wednesday during a hearing that was briefly hijacked by Rep. Elijah Cummings’ impassioned criticism of Georgia Secretary of...
Speaker Ryan gives observations on presidential election, partisan divide

Speaker Ryan gives observations on presidential election, partisan divide

by Anna Waters | Sep 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, a close observer of the 2016 campaign, still thinks about his unsuccessful race for vice president four years ago. “My 9th grade daughter was just elected high school vice president,” Ryan said. “Goes to show that at...
Impromptu rally in Senate Park calls on Republicans to hold hearing on Garland

Impromptu rally in Senate Park calls on Republicans to hold hearing on Garland

by Andrew Merica | Sep 27, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics

A representative from NextGen Climate Action Committee holds a sign with others bearing the phrase “Do Your Job,” the theme of Tuesday’s event. (Andrew Merica/MNS) Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, emceed the event...
Campaign finance activists in it for the long haul, even if candidates ignore the topic

Campaign finance activists in it for the long haul, even if candidates ignore the topic

by Anna Waters | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – As many as 100 million people are expected to watch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off for the first time in a televised debate Monday night. But a panel of bipartisan activists, moderated by Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ann Ravel, has...
With a government shutdown looming, Senate still divided on Zika research, the Flint water crisis, and opioid addiction

With a government shutdown looming, Senate still divided on Zika research, the Flint water crisis, and opioid addiction

by Dan Waldman | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed again Monday over funding levels for Zika research, the Flint, Michigan water crisis and combating opioid addiction — a fight that has blocked a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on Friday....
Commerce secretary and progressive democrat make case for TPP

Commerce secretary and progressive democrat make case for TPP

by Ross Krasner | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — A top Obama administration official teamed up with a Democratic lawmaker Monday to push for ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker defended the agreement, arguing it will result in “more jobs...
Improper payments–the two words that might scuttle an anti-poverty measure

Improper payments–the two words that might scuttle an anti-poverty measure

by Ethan Cohen | Apr 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama mentioned House Speaker Paul Ryan only once in his last State of the Union address – when he raised their shared goal of tackling poverty. The two men don’t agree on much. But the idea of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, a...
GOP senators criticize Obama’s nuclear policy

GOP senators criticize Obama’s nuclear policy

by Alex Lederman | Mar 18, 2016 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON – Republican senators said Thursday the Obama administration has failed to combat nuclear proliferation, especially in Russia, North Korea, Iran and Pakistan, but two State Department officials said the bigger threat is nuclear weapons in the hands of...
Trump campaign divisive for GOP party, lawmakers say

Trump campaign divisive for GOP party, lawmakers say

by Celena Chong | Mar 17, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have blazed through the March 15 primaries capturing four states, but he is a “straightjacket that Senate Republicans won’t be able to wiggle off,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer Wednesday during a press conference at the Democratic...
Potential Trans-Pacific Partnership benefits make it worth a try

Potential Trans-Pacific Partnership benefits make it worth a try

by Geordan Tilley | Mar 17, 2016 | Business, Politics

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders’ big win in Michigan emphasized just how important international trade is in the presidential campaign. While the Trans-Pacific Partnership awaits ratification in Congress, Sanders is campaigning on his opposition to the deal and the...
Michigan governor, EPA administrator grilled by Congress on Flint

Michigan governor, EPA administrator grilled by Congress on Flint

by Jack Corrigan | Mar 17, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON — Congressmen held nothing back Thursday in their scathing attacks on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for doing too little to solve the Flint, Mich. water crisis, which left many of the city’s 99,000 residents with...
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