GOP Leader McConnell Also Planned Presidents' Day Vacation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not the only leader rushing to get out of Washington for a special trip. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McCo...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not the only leader rushing to get out of Washington for a special trip. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McCo...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
In a speech before the House Friday, GOP Leader John Boehner brought out the theatrics to illustrate his opposition to the stimulus bill. Holding alof...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
The AP reports that New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, a day after withdrawing his nomination to be President Obama's Commerce Secretary, will oppose the ...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In a major victory for President Barack Obama, Democrats muscled a huge, $787 billion stimulus bill through Congress late Friday ni...
The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago
With Congress set to vote Friday on the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package, details have seeped out about how the money will be divided. It...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
Congressional Republicans have been pressuring Democrats to give them 48 hours to review the stimulus package before a vote is called. The bill has y...
Politico | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
House Republicans are hoping to salvage a big loss on the economic stimulus bill by making it a political millstone for moderate Democrats. The party...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate passage of an $838 billion stimulus bill triggered an intense round of late-night bargaining on Tuesday, with the White Hous...
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have reached a compromise on a stimulus bill that will be voted on Tuesday. A procedural vote on t...
CNN | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
U.S. senators began debate on a massive economic-recovery package Friday evening, after a working coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached ...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
The Senate is prepared for one of its most important votes in decades this weekend, whether to approve President Obama's economic stimulus package. Re...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
In an editorial in Politico, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor says that Republicans can't simply be the "no" party. At a moment when the country nee...
AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — American Indians stand to gain almost $3 billion as part of the economic stimulus moving through Congress, money that could help so...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus b...
The Hill | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics