Washington Extra – The Pentagon and the poor
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) shows a copy of the "FY2013 Budget - The Path to Prosperity" during a news conference at Capitol Hill in Washington March 20, 2012. U.S. House Republicans placed a major election-year bet Tuesday on a deficit-slashing budget proposal the party hopes will win over voters and quell any concerns about the plan's most controversial element - a sweeping revamp of Medicare. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana
Never ones to shy away from a budget fight, the current crop of House Republicans pushed ahead with their latest deficit-reduction ideas – ones that weren’t exactly designed to win bipartisan support.
Washington Extra – Obama’s China cloud
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event in Chantilly, Virginia earlier this week on May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Benjamin Myers
A bright spot of Barack Obama’s presidency – foreign policy – all of a sudden was taking some hits as the White House struggled to deal with a crisis involving a Chinese dissident.
Washington Extra – ‘Wild ride’ ends
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (L) and his wife, Callista walk together after he suspended his bid for the GOP presidential nomination in Arlington, Virginia, May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing
The sharpest debater in the 2012 field of Republican presidential candidates exited the race touting a hodgepodge of initiatives that made his failed race so colorful.
Washington Extra – An anniversary observed
Troops at Bagram Air Base listen to U.S. President Barack Obama speak during his visit to Kabul, May 2, 2012. Earlier, Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement at the Presidential Palace. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
One year ago, President Barack Obama was secretly holed up in the White House Situation Room monitoring what turned out to be the successful U.S. military operation to kill Osama bin Laden.
Washington Extra – Pump It Up
Today it was rising gasoline prices that have Republicans and Democrats at each other’s throats. Both parties realize they really cannot do very much about retail prices, but they’re scrambling in hopes that voters don’t blame them for a pocketbook issue in an election year.
US House Republicans discuss reviving earmarks
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – The huge federal
transportation bill was in tatters in early March when U.S.
Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama posed a heretical idea for
breaking through gridlock in the House.
In a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, Rogers
recommended reviving a proven legislative sweetener that became
politically toxic a year ago.
House Republicans discuss resuscitating earmarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The huge federal transportation bill was in tatters in early March when U.S. Representative Mike Rogers posed a heretical idea for breaking through gridlock in the House.
In a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, Rogers recommended reviving a proven legislative sweetener that became politically toxic a year ago.
Lawmaker dons “hoodie” in appeal over Florida killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A national debate over the killing of a black teenager in Florida spilled into the House of Representatives on Wednesday when a Democratic lawmaker put on a “hoodie” – clothing that has become emblematic of those protesting police handling of the case.
Representative Bobby Rush, a prominent civil rights activist during the 1960s, shed his suit coat during a floor speech to reveal a gray hooded sweatshirt, known as a hoodie.
Bill ending oil company tax cuts clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation repealing tax breaks for major oil companies passed its first hurdle in the Senate on Monday, but is unlikely to become law, as Republicans and Democrats seek to score political points over rising gasoline prices.
The Senate voted 92 to 4 to proceed with consideration on the bill that would eliminate billions of dollars in tax breaks for the “big five” oil companies: Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Plc, ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
U.S. bill ending oil company tax cuts clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – Legislation repealing tax
breaks for major oil companies passed its first hurdle i n the
Senate on Mo nday, but is unlikely to become law, as Republicans
and Democrats seek to score political points over rising
gasoline prices.
The Senate voted 92 to 4 to proceed with consideration on
the bill that would eliminate billions of dollars in tax breaks
for the “big five” oil companies: Exxon Mobil Corp, BP
Plc, ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp and
Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
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