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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...
President Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland for Supreme Court

President Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland for Supreme Court

by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 16, 2016 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to the Supreme Court Wednesday, and Republicans congressional leaders immediately called the move an attempt to help Democrats in the November...
‘Undue Burden’ on Trial in SCOTUS Abortion Case

‘Undue Burden’ on Trial in SCOTUS Abortion Case

by Drew Gerber | Mar 16, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics

In the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case, the Supreme Court gave constitutional protection to a woman’s right to an abortion. But in 1992, the court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey amended that right somewhat. States could restrict abortions to protect women’s...
It’s not an illusion: Texas congressman introduces pro-magic bill

It’s not an illusion: Texas congressman introduces pro-magic bill

by Alex Duner | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics

WASHINGTON — If Rep. Pete Sessions has his way, the federal government will recognize and promote a new artistic medium: magic. That’s because on Monday Sessions introduced a bill , which “recognizes magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure.”...
Secret Service director says campaign rally protesters not an issue

Secret Service director says campaign rally protesters not an issue

by Jacob Meschke | Mar 15, 2016 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy said Tuesday that protesters at campaign rallies do not pose a significant threat to the Secret Service in carrying out its duty to protect presidential candidates. Demonstrators should be allowed to exercise...

Tradition brings POTUS, Speaker Ryan together to celebrate friendship with Ireland

by Geordan Tilley | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics

[rev_slider alias=”friendsofireland”] WASHINGTON — Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny joined President Barack Obama at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday. It was Speaker Paul Ryan’s first time hosting the tradition. At the...
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