Stories by Daniel Newhauser:
Oct. 31, 2012
With Halloween just passed, one could be forgiven for thinking the video of a
deranged-looking lady surrounded by Latin-speaking zombies sacrificing a lamb in a cavernous lair is a spooky meme.
Oct. 30, 2012
Rep. Bob Turner has lost his New York house after it burned down, along with at least 80 other flooded homes, due to damage from Hurricane Sandy, according to press reports.
Oct. 25, 2012
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Speaker John Boehner is urging President Barack Obama to publicly address the bungled public response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Oct. 25, 2012
Rep. Steve Scalise is waging a battle over the direction of the Republican Study Committee, saying the conservative group has veered too far from its roots and does not effectively work with leadership to get things done.
Oct. 24, 2012
Rep. Jim Moran’s son resigned from the Virginia Democrat’s campaign today after an undercover video appeared to show him offering advice on committing voter fraud.
Oct. 21, 2012
Countless Republican Members are stumping for presidential nominee Mitt Romney and for their peers’ re-election efforts this year, but the few Members running to become part of elected leadership are also on the campaign trail for themselves.
Oct. 19, 2012
Top House leaders are sticking by embattled Rep. Scott DesJarlais amid the revelation last week that the pro-life Republican doctor had encouraged a patient he slept with to have an abortion more than a decade ago.
Oct. 19, 2012
A former Congressional intern has been charged with eight felony and five misdemeanor counts after he was arrested Thursday for allegedly placing completed voter registration forms into a trash container in Virginia.
Oct. 17, 2012
OAKFIELD, N.Y. — Congress has been unable to make any progress on an immigration overhaul for years, but for voters such as dairy farmer Matt Lamb, the party that figures out a way forward will go a long way toward securing his vote.
Oct. 16, 2012
Speaker John Boehner will be in Iowa campaigning for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday, and he also plans to fundraise for two House challengers while he’s in the state.
Oct. 16, 2012
House Republicans are close to reaching their self-imposed cap on legal defense funds for the Defense of Marriage Act, drawing calls from Democrats to end the campaign.
Oct. 15, 2012
An embattled candidate. A troubled past. A new federal criminal probe. So many times, this combination has cost a Congressman his job come election time.
Oct. 11, 2012
Speaker John Boehner touched down in North Carolina today for a weekend of rallies and fundraisers aimed at turning the battleground state solidly red.
Oct. 5, 2012
The House Blue Dog Coalition, still reeling from 2010 elections that cut its ranks in half, looks likely to sustain additional losses this year that would cast doubt on the group’s influence in the 113th Congress.
Oct. 5, 2012
Republican leaders sought to downplay positive economic news today, saying that although the drop in the unemployment rate was welcome, President Barack Obama should be doing more.
Oct. 1, 2012
With nearly half of all House Republican committee chairmanships up for grabs next year, Members have started maneuvering to raise their profiles ahead of a round of spirited gavel races.
Sept. 28, 2012
The race for House Republican Conference Vice Chairman showcases an interesting dynamic: Both candidates knocked off Democratic incumbents in swing districts and assure the Conference female representation in a party looking to head off any gender gap between the parties.
Sept. 27, 2012
The House Republican Conference might have more women in its upper ranks than ever next year, and several members of the freshman class are seeking to raise their profiles, but not before a slate of contested races decides the leadership landscape.
Sept. 21, 2012
As Congress returns home to campaign ahead of the November elections, they leave behind a raft of unfinished business that is likely to be revisited in the lame-duck session, including a defense authorization bill, a farm bill and domestic abuse legislation.
Sept. 21, 2012
Speaker John Boehner today teed off on President Barack Obama's recent comments that you cannot change Washington, D.C., from the inside, saying that in his more than two decades on Capitol Hill, he has.
Sept. 21, 2012
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (R), who is challenging Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D) in Arizona’s new 3rd district, has come under fire for saying that Middle Easterners are not wanted in America and attempting to use her connection to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to deflect the controversy.
Sept. 20, 2012
The House today voted down a Republican bill to offer visas to highly skilled immigrants as weighty electoral politics proved too much to move forward on an issue both sides support.
Sept. 18, 2012
The White House and Congressional Democrats are looking to scuttle Republican legislation to provide visas to high-skilled immigrants in what could prove to be the last bit of immigration politics on Capitol Hill before Election Day.
Sept. 17, 2012
Rep. Gregg Harper is making a play to become Republican Conference Secretary, turning the race for the post into the only three-way GOP leadership contest so far, his spokesman confirmed Monday.
Sept. 14, 2012
House Republican leaders are whipping a three-month extension of the stalled House farm bill, a measure that would drop the bill into the middle of what will already be a contentious lame-duck session.
