The Republican-led House of Representatives has defied a White House veto threat and passed a bill to expedite approval of the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas pipeline project and extend a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans. Democrats oppose Republicans‘ efforts to link the two issues. The House measure will now go to the Senate, where [...]
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December 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
Obama faces re-election hurdle as health reforms go before supreme court
Barack Obama faced a new and unpredictable hurdle to White House re-election next year when the US supreme court announced it is to rule on whether his healthcare bill, the major legislative achievement of his presidency, is constitutional. The court is to hear the arguments in March next year and is to expected to publish [...]
September 18, 2011
Paging History
When the House comes back into session this week, there will be no teenagers in blue blazers running around and filling up lawmakers’ water glasses and fetching documents. Members of Congress may actually have to open doors for themselves. The venerable House page program, which traces its roots back to the Continental Congress, is no [...]