After Hilary Rosen’s remarks about Ann Romney’s life as a homemaker, some thought Democrats might tread more cautiously in their attempt to paint the GOP as being anti-women. Nope. On Capitol Hill, Democrats are aggressively pushing the case that Repub... »
Virtually everyone on Capitol Hill agrees that Congress should extend lower interest rates for college loans for at least another year, but there is no agreement between Democrats and Republicans over how to pay for the extension. Read full article »
President Obama’s re-election campaign is likely to have more money than any presidential campaign in history. Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign, when you factor in the super PACs supporting him, could have even more money than that. Read full article »
Just two years removed from being the most powerful voting bloc on Capitol Hill, Blue Dog Democrats are now trying to stave off political extinction. On Tuesday Reps. Jason Altmire and Tim Holden, members of the moderate-to-conservative caucus of Democ... »
Former representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and friend Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) shopped on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon before the Emily’s List event where Giffords is to be honored. Read full article »
Speaker John Boehner is officially worried about losing the House majority this fall. The Ohio Republican said in an interview with Fox News Channel that will run on Tuesday that there is a “one-in-three” chance that Democrats will win the House in Nov... »
Senators this week face one of the trickiest series of votes they’ll confront this year: on how to reform the U.S. Postal Service. On Tuesday, the Senate is set to vote on up to 38 amendments to a major bipartisan bill that would reform the Postal Serv... »
It is a rare day on Capitol Hill when “transportation funding” and “Kabuki dance” find their way into the same sentence. Wednesday was that day. With his plan for the nation’s transportation system shredded by attacks from both sides of the aisle, Hous... »
The Senate rejected consideration Monday of the “Buffett rule ,” a key election-year Democratic initiative that would impose a minimum tax rate on those making more than $1 million per year, as a philosophical debate over taxes that will define this ye... »
The Keystone XL oil sands pipeline takes center stage on Capitol Hill -- again -- as congressional and campaign politics collide: Read full article »
Trying to defuse a political a firestorm on Capitol Hill, the founder of an anti-incumbent political committee said Tuesday that his group will agree to designate $25,000 from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as a donation for one Illinois pri... »
A day after blasting Republicans for being increasingly unwilling to moderate their views, President Obama found common ground with them Wednesday. Obama invited eight Capitol Hill lawmakers, including four from the GOP, to join him as he signed the ST... »
A two-hour seminar on the complex, multibillion-dollar U.S. Navy shipbuilding program took place on Capitol Hill recently. It illustrated the issues that Pentagon officials face when dealing with current financial and political pressures while guessing... »
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Wednesday, becoming the latest big-name Republican to throw his support behind the likely Republican nominee. Rubio, considered by many to be the favorite for the GOP’s vice presidential n... »
The parents of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen shot and killed last month by a neighbor, plan to appear Tuesday afternoon at a Capitol Hill forum on racial profiling and hate crimes. Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton will attend, but are not expected to... »
