WASHINGTON — House Republicans attempted last week to kick the issue of funding for the Department of Homeland Security over to the Senate. On Monday evening, Senate Democrats kicked it…
The speaker has five days before a short-term bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security runs out on Friday, though his practical deadline is actually Thursday night, as a…
The House, Boehner said on Sunday, is a “rambunctious place.” “We have 435 members. A lot of members have different ideas about what we should and shouldn’t be doing,” he…
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Friday night to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, so they can come back and have the same fight in…
WASHINGTON — Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) accused President Barack Obama and Democrats Thursday evening of continually releasing undocumented immigrants who are murdering Americans. “Every day, all along border states, maybe…
“We need a leader who understands that when the PM and leader of our longtime ally asks to come to Congress to share his concerns about Iran, we should show…
Democrats have a more positive image, but Republicans are stronger on key issues. CPAC tries to guess the next president through a straw poll. And a pie chart finds its…
But when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation from Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress on Tuesday — when he is expected to sharply criticize White House…
David Williams: John, my top 3 most likely to win are Bush, Walker, and Paul. Which one of those three do you think would most likely win the straw poll?…
READ: No action Thursday night on DHS funding fight The aside could be heard on the microphone at his podium. – Some House conservatives object to the three-week bill because…
Following a closed House GOP membership meeting late Thursday evening, two House Republicans told CNN that House Speaker John Boehner outlined a plan to introduce a three-week continuing resolution on…
Following a closed House GOP membership meeting late Thursday evening, two House Republicans told CNN that House Speaker John Boehner outlined a plan to introduce a three-week continuing resolution on…
WASHINGTON — Democrats indicated on Thursday that they won’t give House Speaker John Boehner much room to maneuver on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including on…
And a number of top Democrats — including Vice President Joe Biden, whose job description includes the title President of the Senate — won’t be attending. Netanyahu is expected to use the…
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Wednesday publicly struggled to resolve tensions within their party as House and Senate leaders searched for a way to avert a partial shutdown of the Department…
The initial response from Senate minority leader Harry Reid and Democrats is skeptical. They want to make sure House Speaker Boehner is on board with this plan before it is…
A new political generation has arrived in town: the millennials. Democrats and Republicans are struggling to make sense of who they are. Both parties are eager to appeal to this…
Congress returns on Monday with just four days before the deadline to pass legislation to keep DHS open. A stalemate between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill over President Barack…
In its autopsy of those losses, the task force is calling for a new “national narrative project” to develop a simple explanation for a basic question: What do Democrats stand…
In its autopsy of those losses, the task force is calling for a new “national narrative project” to develop a simple explanation for a basic question: What do Democrats stand…
WASHINGTON — The biggest economic policy fight of 2015 is creating serious headaches for congressional Democrats, and particularly Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). As the top Democrat on the Senate Finance…
Democrats launched a super PAC Thursday with the purpose of flipping state legislatures before the next round of redistricting, which will follow the 2020 elections. – Such attempts have resulted…
READ: Rubio gets personal with Iowans Asked about the debate on Wednesday during a book tour stop in Las Vegas, Rubio declared: “We have to fund Homeland Security.” – And…
READ: Rubio gets personal with Iowans Asked about the debate on Wednesday during a book tour stop in Las Vegas, Rubio declared: “We have to fund Homeland Security.” – And…
READ: Poll says blame for a DHS shutdown would fall to GOP Even some relative newcomers to national politics are more closely linked to the past than the future. Half…
READ: Poll says most disapprove of Obama’s handling of ISIS Though they came out of 2014 enjoying their largest majority since 1928, House Republicans will have to play offense if…
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) still isn’t ruling out the possibility of a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. Boehner said Sunday on Fox News that he was “certainly”…
Democrats will host the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, CNN reported Thursday. – The last time Philadelphia hosted a presidential convention was in 2000, when Republicans nominated then-Gov. George…
From Greece and France to Sweden and Denmark, Europe’s far-right parties have taken the spotlight in recent months. Trading on sometimes vitriolic anti-euro, anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as renewed security…
Today marks the anniversary of the start of President Obama’s first presidential campaign, an occasion we’re marking by carving a backward “B” on our cheek and punching ourselves in the…