by Preetisha Sen | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Federal budget director Sylvia Burwell said this is “the week of hearings” for her and various cabinet departments to help lawmakers digest the basics of President Barack’s Obama’s the $3.9 trillion budget. But the budget and its defenders will...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday that the GOP is honing in on seven House Democratic seats that the majority party hopes to flip in this year’s midterm elections. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., told reporters that...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A bill to reauthorize major child care legislation will be voted on this week in the Senate with a key Republican joining Democrats to champion the proposal after years of inaction. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 would update and...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously voted to pass a bill to reform military sexual assault policy Monday, bringing an end to an almost year-long battle between two Democratic female senators on how best to overhaul the Pentagon’s existing practices. After New York...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 10, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., outlined his 2014 economic plan for America on Monday and announced he will propose bills to create new middle class jobs through tax code reform and to free up more wireless frequencies for private companies. At an event hosted...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of demonstrators gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington Friday to shave their heads in solidarity with a political prisoner in China Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2010. She was arrested shortly after her husband,...
by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 7, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of demonstrators gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington Friday to shave their heads in solidarity with a political prisoner in China. Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2010. She was arrested shortly after her...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 7, 2014 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley might be a 79 year-old Republican, but he knows how to connect to young American voters better than many of his younger colleagues — via Twitter. “People make fun of him because he has typos and he has weird misspellings and it...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 5, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate should take up a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, two Democratic senators said Wednesday, despite a congressional report saying the proposed nearly $3 hike would cost 500,000 jobs. Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Mazie Hirono,...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 5, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – One day after President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 budget, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew highlighted its strengths before the Senate Finance Committee, but also faced a sharp critique from Republicans. “It supports the ongoing recovery and invests in...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 4, 2014 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking at a District of Columbia elementary school, President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed a $68.6 billion education budget that would devote significant new funds to universal preschool access and other programs aimed at educational equity for...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 4, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed an ambitious 2015 budget that seeks to address economic inequality in America, but Republicans are already criticizing the president’s spending priorities heading into midterm elections. The budget, totaling $3.901...
