Topic - House

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  Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters

  Promoting farm subsidies was once a no-brainer for rural members of Congress seeking re-election. This year, it's a bit trickier.

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  Republicans accuse White House of Solyndra stonewall

  House Republicans accused the White House on Thursday of stonewalling a congressional probe into the failed $535 million loan guarantee to bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC, and threatened to issue subpoenas later this month to secure interviews with "key administration staff."

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  Congress tries to give Obama line-item veto

  The Republican-led House is trying Wednesday to give President Obama the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents.

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  New Hampshire rejects D.C. statehood resolution

  The New Hampshire House of Representatives defeated a resolution on Wednesday to recognize the District as the 51st state, with members noisily ignoring its sponsor before one critic instructed his colleagues to "save money on the parchment, not that it's much."

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  Tanning parlor ban eyed for Maryland minors

  The General Assembly will consider a pair of bills Thursday that would ban minors from using tanning beds, much to the agreement of health advocates and the dismay of some business owners.

• Dr. House hangs up his Fox TV stethoscope

  Fox's medical drama "House" is ending its eight-year run this season.

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  Abramoff says he wants to clean up lobbying

  Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who says he once made $20 million in a year before going to federal prison on public corruption charges, wants to produce movies and a reality television show. And he would like to help reform the political system he exploited for years.

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  Romney, Gingrich expect Romney to win Nevada vote

  A confident Mitt Romney is looking past his GOP opponents and Nevada's caucuses the day the state votes. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is bracing for defeat in a state the former Massachusetts governor won in 2008.

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  MILLER: Pay cut for bureaucrats

  Those with a government job are sitting pretty. A typical fed's total compensation averages 16 percent more than that of his neighbor at an equivalent private-sector gig. In this troubled economic time of 8.5 percent unemployment, nothing beats the public dole's 100 percent job security.

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  AG Holder, Issa square off over documents

  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and a House chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, have squared off over the Justice Department's flawed gun-smuggling probe.

• Attacks by Afghans on U.S. forces increase

  The U.S. military provided sweeping details Wednesday of the problem of insider attacks by Afghan security forces against U.S. and other coalition troops, prompting lawmakers to call the screening process for Afghan forces "tragically weak."

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  Washington state Senate approves gay marriage

  The Washington state Senate approved 28-21 Wednesday a same-sex marriage bill, handing advocates their biggest victory of the 2012 legislative session and all but ensure legalized gay marriage in the Evergreen State.

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  Key Wash. state gay-marriage vote Wednesday

  The Washington state Senate is set to take a crucial vote Wednesday on a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage.

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  Congress trying to police itself on insider trading

  Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring that they disclose stock transactions within 30 days.

• Inside Politics

  Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has proposed a commission to study the management of in vitro fertilization clinics, where infertile couples seek treatment to allow pregnancy and large numbers of leftover embryos are discarded or stored.

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