Lawmakers (Just Not Greece’s) Approve a Bailout Extension
ATHENS — The debate lasted more than two hours, with one conservative lawmaker sharply accusing the Greek government of acting in bad faith. A liberal railed against Greek tycoons exploiting…
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Germany Backs 4-Month Extension of Greece’s Bailout
BERLIN — German lawmakers voted on Friday overwhelmingly to extend the terms of Greece’s bailout by four more months, despite growing misgivings over Athens’s willingness to make economic overhauls viewed…
Coalition Urges Congress To Rein In Sweeping 2001 War Authorization
WASHINGTON — As Congress turns its attention to President Barack Obama’s request to use military force against the Islamic State, more than a dozen groups are urging lawmakers to rein…
Some States Are Taking A Stand Against Controversial Gay Conversion Therapy
Lawmakers in several states are considering legislation that would ban conversion therapy, a controversial practice that’s sometimes touted as a gay “cure” that has proven harmful and been denounced by…
Lawmakers In Both Parties Press John Boehner For Full War Debate
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to schedule a full debate on the president’s request for authorization to use military force against…
2 British Lawmakers Deny Wrongdoing Amid Graft Allegations
LONDON — In a renewed debate about the probity of British lawmakers, two of the most senior members of Parliament, both former foreign secretaries, on Monday denied wrongdoing after being…
South African Opposition Disrupts President Zuma’s Speech
Security guards entered South Africa’s parliament on Thursday to remove opposition lawmakers who disrupted an annual address by President Jacob Zuma to demand that he answer questions about a spending…
Australia’s Prime Minister Future Uncertain Pending Leadership Vote
SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) – A member of Australia’s ruling Liberal Party has told colleagues he will propose that government lawmakers hold a vote on the future of Prime Minster…
HUFFPOST HILL – Schock Staffer’s Early Exit Poses Challenge For ‘Downton’ Writers
An Aaron Schock adviser resigned for posting racist messages on Facebook — this never would’ve happened had a wireless not been installed in Downton. The White House politely reminded Tom…
Leader And Lawmakers Of Greece’s Far-Right Golden Dawn To Stand Trial
Greece: Leader, lawmakers of far-right Golden Dawn to stand trial on criminal charges .
These Ex-Lawmakers Could Barely Wait To Sell Out
It didn’t take long for these lawmakers to cash in on their careers as public servants. Read the whole story at Vocativ
How Twitter plays offense in D.C.
But when he got to Washington, the New Jersey Democrat had to start an official account from scratch, with zero followers. That’s because congressional ethics rules bar Booker and other…
Italy’s Lawmakers Elect Sergio Mattarella As President
Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a Constitutional Court justice widely considered to be above the political fray, as the nation’s new president on the third day of voting Saturday. Mattarella’s…
Idaho Republicans Reject Gay Rights Measure
By Laura Zuckerman Jan 29 (Reuters) – A bill granting job and housing protections for gay and transgender people in socially conservative Idaho was stalled by Republican lawmakers on Thursday…
Chile’s Same-Sex Civil Unions Bill Gets Final Approval By Lawmakers
Chilean lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill that recognizes civil unions between same-sex couples. – Argentina and Uruguay are the only South American nations to allow full…
More States Lean Toward Medicaid Expansion
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state…
House Democrats Want To Give Paid Leave To Federal Workers
Though GOP lawmakers generally panned the proposals in last week’s State of the Union address, House Democrats are hoping that a coalition of Republican women may work with them on…
Critics Slam Mississippi Bill That Equates Pit Bulls And ‘Dangerous Dogs’
Mississippi state lawmakers have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill that would, in part, allow police officers, without a warrant, to enter any home where they believe a pit bull or other…
GOP Presses State Bills Limiting Gay Rights Before Supreme Court Ruling
A Texas lawmaker would strip the salaries from government officials who honor same-sex marriage licenses. Other states would protect government officials who opt out of performing gay nuptials. In Georgia,…
North Carolina Man Exonerated Of 1976 Conviction
(Reuters) – A man imprisoned for nearly four decades for the 1976 stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter in North Carolina was declared innocent on Friday by a three-judge…
Divisions Emerge Among House GOP Under Pressure To Govern
The most conservative lawmakers in the House Republican majority have gotten their way a lot in recent years. That may be starting to change. A group of more pragmatic lawmakers…
Republicans Drop Anti-Abortion Bill After Pressure From GOP Women
House Republican leaders abruptly dropped plans late Wednesday to vote on an anti-abortion bill amid a revolt by female GOP lawmakers concerned that the legislation’s restrictive language would once again…
Politicians Introduce Bills That Would Work To Reduce The Role Of School Standardized Testing
In the same week that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its first hearing on the issue of rewriting No Child Left Behind, two separate…
Lawmakers Continue Pushing For Iran Legislation, Despite Obama’s Veto Threat
WASHINGTON — Less than twelve hours after President Barack Obama directly warned lawmakers against nudging their way into talks over Iran’s nuclear program, members of Congress made clear that they…
Lawmakers Pay Tribute To Charlie Hebdo Victims By Holding Up Pencils During State Of The Union
During President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, lawmakers held up pencils as a tribute to the victims of the terror attacks at the offices of the…
Netanyahu-Mossad Split Divides U.S. Congress On Iran Sanctions
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has broken ranks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling U.S. officials and lawmakers that a new Iran sanctions bill in the U.S. Congress would tank the Iran…
Prosecutor in 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish center bombing found dead
Nisman, who had been under the protection of a 10-member security detail, was set to testify Monday to lawmakers on a report alleging that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and…
Ohio terror plot suspect denied bond
An FBI agent said Cornell, 20, planned to set off pipe bombs at the U.S. Capitol to put lawmakers and employees in panicked flight and then gun them down with…
Issa’s portrait removed from committee he chaired
Issa’s final IRS report spreads blame, slams ‘culture of bias’ In their place, pictures of everyday Americans will be hung in an effort to remind lawmakers why they are there….
Unemployed Ohio man allegedly planned bomb-and-shoot attack on U.S. Capitol
On Wednesday, agents arrested the man from Cincinnati, Ohio, who ostensibly tweeted under the name Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, before he could put his alleged plot into action. It was simple,…