Bill Straub
Chances Rise for Extension of Federal Helium Reserve
After an auction, remaining reserves will be solely for use of the government while corporations hunt for what they need on the private market.
The Fourth Scandal: GOPs Accuse Sebelius of Obamacare ‘Shakedown’
Illegal, unethical, or no big deal? HHS secretary has been soliciting donations from healthcare companies to fund a private organization promoting PPACA.
While Scandals Grow, Immigration Bill Coasts Under Radar
House conservatives alarmed: “When we ignore the rule of law we become like the country many immigrants are fleeing," Gohmert said.
GOP’s Turn to Make Dems Wait as Budget Conference Committee Stalled
With light years between Ryan's House budget and Murray's Senate budget, Reid pressures Republicans for meetings unlikely to yield agreement.
Second-Term Battle Lines Drawn in ‘War on Coal’
McConnell: “This EPA has turned the coal permitting process into an illegitimate, back-door means to shut down coal mines permanently."
Amendment-Palooza: Judiciary Plows Through First 32 of Immigration Bill
Grassley: "Alliances seem to have been made to ensure that nothing passed that would make substantial changes and improvements to the bill."
Drain or Gain? Joint Economic Committee Weighs Immigration Reform
Is the massive bill from the Gang of Eight a plus or minus for America's pocketbook?
Rubio’s One-Man Offensive to Sell Immigration Bill to Conservatives
How is it going to play out for the 2016 hopeful?
Dems Want More Anti-Sequestration Deals After FAA Save
Some opposed congressional agreement on air traffic controllers because it did not repeal Head Start cuts.
Unusual Team of Leahy and Lee Push Privacy Protection for Email
Utah GOP Sen. Lee said the legislation is “essential to protecting Fourth Amendment rights and the interests of American citizens.”
Coast Guard Warns Budget Shift Opens U.S. to More Smugglers
They're “growing smarter, bolder and they’re taking greater risk and increasing danger to our homeland.”
Washington Plays Budget Blame Game on Flight Delays
FAA says sequestration furlough of 15,000 air traffic controllers is to blame; GOP senator says agency’s "financial state is not as dire" as made out to be. Related: So the Reason for Mass Flight Delays Is … Corporate Jets
Where’s the Fracking Support in Obama’s Budget?
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said many of the cuts contained in budget were “clearly misguided.”
Is the Small Business Administration Going to Help Small Businesses Get Out from Under Obamacare?
Sen. Risch: “The thing I get from businesses all the time is, ‘you’ve got to help me on this Obamacare.'"
Chained CPI: The Budget Provision Dems Love to Hate
But GOPs aren't buying Obama's conversion on entitlement reform.
Will Public Opinion Force Washington’s Hand on Pot?
White House mum on shift in polls on decriminalization, while Congress may produce bill to let states legalize and federally tax pot.
Reid’s ‘Nuclear Option’ Looms as Judicial Nominees Stall
McConnell: "About 75 percent of the vacancies that we have in the judiciary don’t even have nominees."
A Sneak Peek at Obama’s Tardy Budget
Infrastructure spending, Energy Security Trust spending, research and development spending -- and entitlement reform?
Bill on Genetically Modified Food Sneaks Through in CR
The language essentially prohibits the courts from halting the planting of genetically modified seeds.
Senate GOPs Make Tactical Move in Allowing Fair Pay Language
Some form of the Paycheck Fairness Act has been around for 15 years, and it will likely linger on the Hill for much longer.
Leahy Admits Panel Will Miss Immigration Deadline; GOP Says Take It Slow
Group of Eight bill “potentially could be the most dramatic and consequential alteration of our immigration system in nearly 30 years." Also read: Obama Administration Refuses to Measure Border Security
A Drone the Size of a Mosquito Buzzing Over Your Backyard?
Judiciary Committee weighs pitfalls and benefits of domestic drone surveillance.
Tennessee Reps at CPAC: Dem Spending Off in ‘La-La Land’
“We must change course while there is still time."
A CPAC Case for De-emphasizing Abortion and Gay Marriage
Charles Murray: “We are not going to win these issues through legislative victories,” or win younger voters.
CPAC: Renegade Republican Predicts Obamacare-Debt Ceiling Standoff
Huelskamp: “Leadership doesn’t like to be challenged to do the right thing."
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