EconomyNews
House GOP Leaders Argue Against Scrapping Budget Deal
For House Republicans, the time for choosing starts Thursday. At a GOP conference meeting, leadership plans to gauge support for adopting a new budget with… Read More
EconomyNews
House Republicans Vow to Scuttle Boehner-Obama Spending Levels
The largest Republican caucus in Congress has thrown its weight behind a proposal to reduce spending significantly and scrap a 2015 budget deal. With that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Does Congress Need to Authorize a New Use of Military Force Against ISIS?
For over three years it has been debated whether Congress should update the Authorized Use of Military Force from Sept. 18, 2001 with a new… Read More
PoliticsNews
What Paul Ryan Thinks Conservatives Must Do to Avoid Falling Into ‘Trap’ Set by Progressives
Speaking at an event hosted by the conservative Heritage Action, House Speaker Paul Ryan urged conservatives to unite around a “bold, pro-growth agenda” but to… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Conservatives Say New Trouble Brews Over Old Spending Deal
BALTIMORE—Republicans retreated to the Baltimore Inner Harbor to talk strategy for their 2016 legislative blitz. But when they return to Washington, they’ll have to settle… Read More
PoliticsNews
5 Places Paul Ryan Wants Republicans to Make a Mark in 2016
BALTIMORE—House Republicans sought to come of age the past few days at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. During their annual policy retreat, an introspective Republican caucus took up the… Read More
PoliticsNews
After State of the Union, Freedom Caucus Gears Up: ‘We Are the Party of Yes’
One member of the House Freedom Caucus called President Barack Obama’s America a “reverse world.” Other members used dark, dramatic descriptors like “dangerous,” “feckless,” “anxiety,” and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
4 Issues Benghazi Committee Is Focused On
The House Select Committee on Benghazi, far from intimidated by its critics, is plowing ahead with a heavy schedule. Last week, former CIA Director Gen…. Read More
PoliticsNews
Obama Outlined His Agenda. Here’s What Conservatives Have on Theirs.
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out his agenda in his final State of the Union. On Wednesday morning, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Meet 18 VIPs in the Audience for the State of the Union
President Barack Obama will come before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night to deliver his last State of the Union address. And it’s… Read More
PoliticsNews
Measure Would Allow Obama to Revoke Bill Cosby’s Medal of Freedom
A new bill would give President Obama the power to strip embattled comedian Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom. “I am sick and… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Conservatives Warn Paul Ryan: ‘Honeymoon Is Over’
House conservatives on Wednesday challenged Speaker Paul Ryan to fulfill his pledge to play offense in 2016, warning their leader that “the honeymoon” period of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How Congress Can Increase the Transparency of Environmental Regulations
The House is expected to begin considering the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act (H.R. 712), which would address a legal tactic often referred to as… Read More
PoliticsNews
Once a Congressional Outsider, Tim Huelskamp Now Plans to Work on the Inside
WESTERN KANSAS—Tim Huelskamp has the look of a hunted man. Since 2012, the Kansas representative has been crisscrossing back roads, ducking into hundreds of town… Read More
PoliticsNews
Here Are the 95 Republicans Who Opposed the Omnibus Spending Bill
The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill sailed through the House on Friday by a vote of 316-113. Ninety-five Republicans split with House GOP leadership to… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Reforms Bring a GOP Rabble-Rouser Back to Power
Rep. Tim Huelskamp is back in the saddle. Three years after being stripped of his committee seats for disobeying House leadership, the Kansas Republican has… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Congress Shouldn’t Buy In to a Cadillac Tax Delay
As Obamacare’s implosion continues to unfold, Democrat lawmakers have been desperate to postpone some of the law’s most adverse impacts on Americans. Now it appears K… Read More
PoliticsNews
Freedom Caucus: Top Priority for Spending Bill Is Stricter Screenings of Syrian, Iraqi Refugees
Despite no one believing them, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus have insisted that their votes could be had on a forthcoming government spending… Read More
PoliticsNews
Boehner Gets Hill Digs, Hundreds of Thousands in Benefits. Two Conservatives Want to Change That.
John Boehner might be out of a job. But by law, the former House speaker still will enjoy a Capitol Hill office complete with a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Ending the Crude Oil Ban Already Has Bipartisan Support. GOP Doesn’t Need to Fight for It in Spending Debate.
It’s deal-making time in Washington, and as end-of-the-year funding deadlines approach, lawmakers are scrambling to make sure their priorities and pet projects are funded. Policy… Read More
PoliticsNews
5 Ways Paul Ryan Wants Republicans to Do More Than Oppose Obama
Paul Ryan doesn’t want a time machine. Instead, the recently elected House speaker urges Republicans to offer their own legislative agenda rather than try to… Read More
PoliticsNews
In Signal to Conservatives, Paul Ryan Taps Sen. Mike Lee for Opening Remarks
Sen. Mike Lee got the call to do the introduction honors today as House Speaker Paul Ryan gave his first major address since taking up the gavel. But… Read More
PoliticsNews
What Conservatives Want to See Included in the $1.1-Trillion Spending Bill
In order for House GOP leadership to earn conservatives’ support on the omnibus spending bill, conservative lawmakers are pushing for several policy riders to be… Read More
PoliticsNews
Policy Riders: What They Are, How Congress Uses Them, and Why They Matter to You
In broad strokes, it’s simple how a bill becomes law. But in detail, that process can be much more complex. One legislative provision in particular,… Read More
PoliticsNews
Vote of Confidence: House Freedom Caucus Keeps Jim Jordan in Charge
For months, the House Freedom Caucus has been shaking up Congress. Monday night, the group of conservatives opted to keep that momentum going by re-electing… Read More
PoliticsNews
Reconciliation Bill That Repeals Parts of Obamacare, Defunds Planned Parenthood Still May Face Significant Roadblocks
Senate Republicans are about to consider a House bill defunding Planned Parenthood and portions of Obamacare after receiving a green light from the official who… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
These Lawmakers Are Breaking Down Establishment Power Structures
A few weeks ago, the House Freedom Caucus was being roundly pummeled by the media, liberal and pseudo-conservative alike. This small band of conservative House… Read More
PoliticsNews
The Dog Ate My Vote: How Congress Explains Its Absences
On a Monday afternoon in October 2011, West Virginia Democrat Nick J. Rahall II waited at the Charleston airport for a 4:50 p.m. U.S. Airways… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
What Americans Want Paul Ryan (and Other Lawmakers) to Do
A year ago, no one would have thought this was possible. The newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has verbally agreed to change the… Read More
PoliticsNews
This Aide Doesn’t Want Senate Filibuster Rules to Change. Will He Convince Paul Ryan to Stay Out of It?
Republicans in the U.S. Senate who are taking aim at filibuster rules in the upper chamber won’t find an ally in House Speaker Paul Ryan,… Read More
