Policy
By
Dena Bunis
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was emphatic that illegal immigrants should be included when the landmark health care bill was being negotiated in 2009. But the White House and Democratic leaders said it was not the right time and health care would be taken care of when immigration was overhauled.
Hill Life
By
Jason Dick
The Capitol community will pause for a few moments this week to honor Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and former D.C. resident whose statued likeness will be placed in the Capitol on Wednesday.
By
Niels Lesniewski
Retired Rear Adm. Barry Black is approaching a decade as the Senate chaplain. Over the years, he’s delivered the daily prayer in a booming baritone and has provided spiritual counsel to countless senators and staffers.
Policy
By David Hawkings
States may not demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote, the Supreme Court ruled by a decisive 7-2 today.
By Steven Dennis
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said over the weekend that Speaker John A. Boehner should be removed from his position if he brings an immigration bill to the floor that does not have majority GOP support.
By
Niels Lesniewski
Just hours after the Supreme Court ruled that federal law pre-empted Arizona from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, Sen. Ted Cruz said he would try to change that.
Policy
By
Tim Starks
Edward Snowden, the man who publicly exposed several controversial National Security Agency programs, said Monday that he was inspired to leak the secrets because of spy agency leaders’ “lies” to Congress, and because congressional leaders did nothing about it.
Hill Life
By
Julie Ershadi
Though he’s a long time gone from the political fray, former Sen. Rod Grams keeps a close watch on the goings-on in Washington from his place on the family farm and the familiar confines of the media world he was in before being elected to Congress.
By
Meredith Shiner
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Monday he will hold up some foreign aid payments to Afghanistan — including $75 million intended to assist with electoral programs — until the Obama administration discloses more information about reported cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Politics
By
Shira Toeplitz, Abby Livingston
When the Supreme Court takes on a key part of a voting rights law later this month, Texas Democrats will be watching more closely than anyone on Capitol Hill.
Policy
By
Paul M. Krawzak
When Congress created Medicare in 1965 to handle the health care needs of the older population, less than 10 percent of Americans were old enough to collect Social Security and the new medical benefit.
Politics
By
Emily Cahn
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz officially has a Republican opponent in Minnesota’s 1st District.
Policy
By
Frank Oliveri
When the House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved an amendment directing the president to remove all combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, it was far more important in reflecting the nation’s current mood toward the Afghanistan war — and war generally — than in having any practical effect on administration policy.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
With a new poll showing Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., pulling away, yet another outside group spot is hitting GOP nominee Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts Senate special election.
By
David Harrison
Republicans are preparing a border security amendment to the bipartisan Senate immigration bill and plan to release it as early as next week.
Politics
By
Shira Toeplitz
A top House Republican, Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois, will expand his political operation in the coming weeks by dispatching his longtime top aide to the campaign trail.
