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  • States awaiting federal cash to plug budget gap

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    State lawmakers from across the country breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday after the Democrat-controlled Senate voted to send them billions of emergency Medicaid dollars from last year’s stimulus bill — ending what had been a months-long, filibuster-fueled challenge to the deficit-spending. Published August 5, 2010 Comments

  • Angle calls campaign ‘war of ideology, thoughts, faith’

    By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

    Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle sees her campaign as a battle to stop Washington’s Democrats who want to expand entitlement programs and “make government our God.” Published August 5, 2010 Comments

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President Obama looks at the redesigned 2011 Ford Explorer SUV with Ford Chief Engineer James Holland (center) during his tour of the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Chicago on Thursday.

    Obama takes risk, stumps for Giannoulias in Ill.

    By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

    President Obama took a high-profile plunge into the race for his former Senate seat, on behalf of a candidate who could embarrass Democrats - and the president himself - if he loses. Published August 5, 2010 Comments

  • Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, walks to his office after going for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    House panel lodges 13 ethics charges against Rangel

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Kicking off what promises to be a politically perilous process, the House ethics committee on Thursday officially lodged 13 different charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise more than $8 million for a college public policy center named after him. Published July 29, 2010 Comments

  • **FILE** Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat

    Passport officials ask for tools to fight fraud

    By S. Smithson - The Washington Times

    The Obama administration is asking Congress for new powers to fight identity fraud after undercover government investigators obtained U.S. passports using forged documents for the second time in less than two years. Published July 29, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles
  • Internet sales tax bill faces House showdown

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    In Washington, the drive to collect Internet sales taxes is heating up, as a bill that would raise the cost of shopping online nears a showdown in the House. Published June 19, 2013

  • GOP congressman pushes for 'patient-centered' health law

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    A Georgia congressman said Wednesday that House Republicans will redouble efforts to replace President Obama's health care law with a "patient-centered" alternative that uses tax breaks to make insurance affordable without imposing mandates on Americans. Published June 5, 2013

  • Michele Bachmann won't run for another term

    By The Washington Times

    For a few weeks in 2011, Rep. Michele Bachmann was on top of the GOP, having chased Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty from the GOP presidential field and racing to the front of the pack. Published May 29, 2013

  • Medical suppliers' 'no cost to you' marketing on hot seat in Senate

    By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

    Representatives of "durable medical equipment" companies accused of badgering senior citizens into obtaining scooters and other equipment "at little or no cost to you" — with the rest picked up by taxpayers — hid from scrutiny by a Senate oversight committee Wednesday. Published May 22, 2013

  • Former IRS chief faces bipartisan ire on Capitol Hill

    By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

    As the IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this week. Published May 20, 2013

  • Senate panel OKs tax-welfare benefits for newly legal immigrants

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to allow illegal immigrants who get legal status to begin collecting tax-welfare payments, as the panel spent a fourth day working through amendments to the massive immigration bill and party-line splits began to emerge. Published May 20, 2013

  • John Kerry urged to pressure China over treatment of Chen Guangcheng's family

    By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

    In a letter written Friday and released to the public Monday, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed concern to Secretary of State John F. Kerry over "harassment and abuse" that Chinese authorities are believed to be inflicting on family members to Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese activist living in the United States. Published May 13, 2013

  • Sex assaults rise as women move closer in military ranks

    By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

    A Pentagon study has found a sharp increase in the number of sexual assaults in the ranks, as the military plans to put men and women in even closer contact among ground combat units in coming years. Published May 7, 2013

  • House committee to start hearings on Boston bombings

    By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

    As Republicans continue to raise questions regarding the Obama administration's handling of intelligence leading up to the Boston bombings, the House this week will hold the first of what is expected to be many congressional hearings on the issue. Published May 5, 2013

  • Congressman wants oversight of food stamp program

    By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

    Responding to complaints that food stamps are widely spent on junk food and that the Agriculture Department makes no attempt to even track, much less restrict, what kind of food is being purchased, a Pennsylvania Republican will introduce legislation Friday called the SNAP Transparency Act to create an online, searchable database that uses bar codes to break down how many taxpayer dollars in food stamps are spent on each individual product, from Kit Kat bars to whole milk. Published April 25, 2013

  • Rand Paul sticking with drone stance after 'mistaken' comment

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Sen. Rand Paul's scramble this week to clarify his remarks on whether drone killings should be allowed on American soil underscores a key challenge facing the ambitious Kentucky politician: translating his libertarian principles into clear policy positions. Published April 24, 2013

  • Internet sales tax gains momentum in Congress

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    Brace for it, online shoppers: Consumers likely will pay more to shop on the Web as lawmakers look to impose new sales taxes. Published April 23, 2013

  • Flake is pulled between Giffords friendship, pro-gun Arizona

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    As senators struggle with how to vote on new gun control bills, few have the kind of pressure that Sen. Jeff Flake is facing. Published April 16, 2013

  • Gun dealers say expanded background checks would drive up costs

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    The deal senators have struck to expand firearm background checks to all Internet and gun show sales will drive up prices for consumers, weapons retailers say. Published April 14, 2013

  • Emails a focus of EPA hearing

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    President Obama's pick to be the next chief of the Environmental Protection Agency told Congress on Thursday that she never has used private emails or instant-messaging to try to avoid open-records laws, and promised to crack down on those within the agency who do. Published April 11, 2013

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