by Brennan Leach | Jan 25, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break. The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent...
by Diego Ramos Bechara | Feb 16, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Reverting to offensive policies — like direct economic sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s “cronies,” supporting investigative journalism and civil society actors — were some of the ways in which experts suggested lawmakers deter future Russian aggression in...
by Patrick Svitek | Mar 12, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is not known to bite his tongue. So when the former budget guru was called to testify on the Pentagon’s spending plan earlier this month before Congress, he also refused to mince words. Before the Senate Budget...
by Safiya Merchant | Feb 28, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — A red-faced Rep. George Miller refusing to yield his time to a Republican lawmaker highlighted the simmering partisan tension at Tuesday’s House committee hearing on education reform. The session amounted to a debate between majority Republicans wanting...
by James Arkin | Feb 16, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON –The No Child Left Behind education law that was a hallmark of the Bush administration has been due for a five-year renewal since 2007, but Congress, mired in partisan battles over education policy, has only been able to muster support for annual renewals....
