In the hierarchy of the House, moderate Democrats — a minority in a party already deep in the minority — should be totally powerless.
The budget deficit for 2015 is expected to drop to roughly $425 billion, according to a report released Friday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Senate Republicans insist they’re deeply skeptical of Rep. Paul Ryan’s push for an agreement on international tax reform, but acknowledge a plan with bipartisan support would be hard to turn aside.
Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced a bipartisan mental health reform bill on Tuesday.
Abortion is back in the center of American politics — and it’s not likely to go away anytime soon.
The chance of a federal government shutdown increased dramatically and precipitously last week from 40 percent to 60 percent. It’s now more likely than not that a shutdown will result from the craziness going on in Washington.
A bipartisan pair of House members announced Wednesday that they want to give multinational companies a 10 percent tax rate on income derived from intellectual properties.
Speaker John Boehner, addressing a roomful of fellow House Republicans on Tuesday morning, described a major, six-year highway bill crafted by the Senate as a “piece of shit,” according to sources in the room. Senate Republicans have been only slightly more charitable about the House’s three-month measure, calling it another lame procrastination on an issue that needs to be dealt with now.
The House and Senate are taking slightly different approaches to moving energy bills through their chambers, but both have the same goal — to get President Barack Obama to sign bipartisan legislation reflecting the United States’ newfound position as a major energy producer.
Senate negotiators on a long-term highway bill worked out some issues in a new version unveiled Thursday afternoon, but lawmakers appeared on track for weekend work, including potential Sunday votes.
COUNTDOWN TO HIGHWAY FUNDING EXPIRATION: Nine days remain before the Highway Trust Fund expires on July 31.
WHEN IS an improving fiscal situation not really an improving fiscal situation? When it’s the United States’ current one.