December 20, 2015 Ryan: Short-term spending bill needed to prevent shutdown Speaker Paul Ryan says the House will pass a short-term bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend.
December 20, 2015 Ryan says wrap-up budget, tax talks going slowly House Speaker Paul Ryan says Congress may miss its Friday deadline to wrap up a huge $1.1 trillion spending bill and an ambitious renewal of tax breaks for businesses and individuals.
December 20, 2015 House-passed highway bill gives states financial assurance The House has overwhelmingly approved a five-year, $305 billion transportation bill that boosts highway and transit spending.
December 20, 2015 No Child Left Behind revision easily passes House, heads to Senate Long outdated and widely criticized as unrealistic, the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is on track for a major revision after the House voted to dramatically limit the federal government's role in education policy but keep the annual testing requirements for the nation's public schoolchildren.
December 20, 2015 Congress returns with busy agenda shortened by election year politics Members of Congress return this week to Capitol Hill after a five-week summer break for an abbreviated September session in which they are expect to pass a budget bill to avoid a government shutdown but avoid taking any tough votes that could hurt their respective parties in the November elections.
December 20, 2015 The Vicious Circle: 50 years ago, the ‘Beltway’ was born A half-century ago this week, a major infrastructure project awarded the American electorate one of its favorite political scapegoats: The Beltway.
December 20, 2015 House revives, approves border crisis bill – as Obama vows to ‘act alone’ The House late Friday revived and approved a Republican-authored border crisis bill after GOP leaders hurriedly resolved an internal battle that scuttled the vote a day earlier – but with the Senate on recess and the House soon to follow, there’s little chance of any bill reaching President Obama’s desk until the fall.
December 20, 2015 House passes Veterans Affairs overhaul, Senate poised to give final approval The House approved a $17 billion package Wednesday aimed at fixing the scandal-scarred Department of Veterans Affairs, boosting the chances that Congress can finalize the bipartisan legislation before lawmakers leave for the August recess.
December 20, 2015 House GOP bill would block Obama from extending deportation relief to any others The move is aimed at winning over skeptical conservatives to support an emergency spending bill for the immigration crisis on the border.
December 20, 2015 Congress races to tackle VA, border crisis and more before recess That sound you hear is the buzz of Congress actually trying to get something done.
