by Stephanie Haines | Feb 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The federal government needs to invest in more preventative measures to protect the countryagainst natural disasters, senators said Wednesday. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., and Sen. Ron Johnson,...
by Preetisha Sen | Feb 12, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed the bill to suspend the federal debt ceiling until March 2015 on Wednesday after a crucial 67-31 vote to end debate on the measure, with a flurry of support from Republican leadership. The procedural vote for cloture, which...
by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 11, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON—A Congressional Budget Office report that spurred a partisan economic argument last week continued to pit Democrats and Republicans against each other Tuesday. At a Senate Budget Committee hearing, Douglas Elmendorf, head of the non-partisan CBO, said the...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Egyptian government government is ready with a stimulus package that will provide the equivalent of $4.87 billion for the country’s economy, with most money coming from the United Arab Emirates, officials from Egypt’s Finance Ministry told the U.S....
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – About 100 protesters rallied outside the Capitol Tuesday for legislation supported by labor unions to raise the minimum wage and extend unemployment benefits for all Americans and ensure workplace equality for women. Seven Democratic lawmakers...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – With flags unfurled on a brisk and breezy day on the White House South Lawn, President Barack Obama welcomed with full with military honors his French colleague President Francois Hollande Tuesday and emphasized the strong bond between the two countries....
by Sara Olstad | Feb 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With veterans returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in search of employment, first lady Michelle Obama on Monday praised the construction industry for committing to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years. “That’s a number that gets me...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — They’ve been branded as the “party of no” — a group of ultra-conservative obstructionists catapulted into Congress with a mission to block anything Democrats, especially President Barack Obama, put forward. And after being blamed for last fall’s...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 6, 2014 | Politics
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by Sylvan Lane | Feb 6, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate was one vote short of allowing debate on the unemployment insurance extension bill Thursday afternoon, effectively killing the bill and leaving Democrats furious at their Republican counterparts. The final vote – to end debate, and cut...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 6, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Montana Senator Max Baucus’s appointment as ambassador of China on Thursday on a 96-0 vote. Baucus “is an extremely smart person, and certainly versed in what goes on here in the Congress of the United States,” said Senate...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 4, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. should spend more money to increase high-speed rail systems as part of a long-term transportation bill because the country is facing an “infrastructure disaster,” former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday at a panel discussion...
