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By
Jonathan Strong
| Feb. 9, 2012, 12:26 p.m.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) take to the floor at the end of each week to discuss the coming Congressional calendar. But today, the normally staid affair became contentious as the two went after each other over the payroll tax cut, Social Security and the Republicans’ economic agenda.
By
Emma Dumain
| Feb. 9, 2012, 1:02 p.m.
As buildings around the Capitol campus continue to deteriorate because of age and the effect of last summer’s magnitude-5.8 earthquake, the Architect of the Capitol wants more money to halt what are fast becoming safety concerns.
By
Warren Rojas
| Feb. 9, 2012, 1:08 p.m.
Live Funny or Die is having its way with former-Representative-cum-Senate-hopeful Pete Hoekstra’s widely reviled Super Bowl spot:
By
Kyle Trygstad
| Feb. 9, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
New Mexico Lt. Gov. John Sanchez is dropping out of the open-seat Senate race, leaving former Rep. Heather Wilson with just one opponent in the Republican primary.
By
John Stanton
| Feb. 9, 2012, 11:39 a.m.
Sen. Marco Rubio hammered President Barack Obama today in a speech that appeared to be equal parts pep talk to the conservative movement and an audition for the vice presidency.
By
Jonathan Strong
| Feb. 9, 2012, 11:14 a.m.
The House today passed an amended version of reform legislation that codifies the ban on insider trading for Members and staff, triggering a decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) over whether to accept the House’s changes or move to a potentially contentious conference committee.
By Joshua Miller
| Feb. 10, 2012, 12:02 a.m.
At some point over the next nine months, Hayden Rogers, retiring Rep. Heath Shuler’s (D-N.C) former chief of staff, will probably drive by Mount Mitchell, about an hour outside Asheville.
By Lauren Whittington
| Feb. 9, 2012, 8:02 a.m.
In politics, it’s never too early to speculate about anything. Witness the New York Times’ recent assessment of what the 2016 Democratic presidential field might look like, before Republicans even have a 2012 nominee.
By
Abby Livingston
| Feb. 9, 2012, 11:06 a.m.
Updated 1:03 p.m. | Ron Barber, an aide to ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) will announce this morning that he will run in the Arizona special election to replace her.
By
John Stanton
| Feb. 9, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Republican leaders today sought to rally their party’s conservative base, excoriating the Obama administration for its new contraception policy and accusing Democrats of using the government to attack political enemies and to broadly undermine the nation’s fundamental principles.
By
Daniel Newhauser
| Feb. 9, 2012, 12:37 p.m.
Republicans resoundingly slammed a second offer by Senate Democrats on the payroll tax cut conference committee, dismissing the proposal as not serious and further calling into question the prospects that a deal can be reached by the end of the month.
By
Neda Semnani
| Feb. 9, 2012, 6:14 p.m.
In 1945 the Nazis weren’t defeated! They went to live on the dark side of the moon — or so imagines “Iron Sky,” a movie set in 2018 about Space Nazis who attack America.
By
Neda Semnani
| Feb. 9, 2012, 6:19 p.m.
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain tells the Conservative Political Action Conference that his 9-9-9 plan is explained in a five-minute video posted on the website CainConnections.com. The movie has cartoons and monsters.
By
Joshua Miller
| Feb. 9, 2012, 6:49 p.m.
The Republican-controlled Florida Senate passed a redistricting map today, sending Congressional lines that cement a strong Republican majority in the delegation to Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) desk.
By Abby Livingston
| Feb. 9, 2012, 2:49 p.m.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce began a multimillion-dollar ad buy push today that includes positive and negative issue-oriented ads in 20 battleground House and Senate races.
