Republicans trying to use health-care law to derail Obama’s immigration reform efforts
After spending years unsuccessfully trying to overturn “Obamacare,” Republicans are now attempting to use President Obama’s landmark health-care law ...
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How far is too far for NSA? (And what is Congress doing this week?)
If last week was about Congress learning more about and responding to the far-reaching telephone- and Internet-tracking programs operated by the ...
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Player of the Week: Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) has been trying for years to pass a comprehensive farm bill. This week, he might get his ...
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The immigration reform endgame
Earlier today, I discussed a way in which the House leadership could bring a comprehensive, amnesty-style immigration reform bill up for a vote ...
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GOP lawmaker blames Pelosi for House immigration stalemate
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart says House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is undermining bipartisan immigration negotiations in the House.
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John Boehner won't back immigration bill without majority GOP support
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Diaz-Balart: Pelosi Obstacle to Immigration Reform
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Business Roundtable Prods House on Immigration
The country’s top chief executives are carefully nudging the House to rewrite U.S. immigration laws.
Republicans think they’re winning the abortion wars now
Trent Franks, John Boehner (Credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) The federal abortion wars are back this week, as the House of ...
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House GOP leaders add rape exception to abortion bill
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Rep. Kathy Castor says GOP War on Women is alive and well as House Republicans push more abortion restrictions
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House GOP adds rape exception to abortion bill
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5 Senate Democrats not sponsoring ENDA
5 Democratic U.S. senators don’t co-sponsor ENDA (Blade photo compilation by Michael Key) Amid renewed attention to the Employment Non-Discrimination ...
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Boehner's immigrant conundrum
Wingnut media is reporting that House Speaker John Boehner won't bring immigration reform to the floor without a majority of Republican support, the ...
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Obama threatens to veto GOP abortion ban
In a Statement of Administration Policy, President Obama said the bill is an "assault on a woman's right to choose."
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OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Obama threatens to veto GOP abortion bill
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House Republicans Won't Back Down From Their New Restrictive Abortion Bill
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White House Threatens Veto of Abortion Bill
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