Stories by Melanie Starkey:
July 31, 2011
As news trickled out Sunday about a potential deal to raise the debt ceiling, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Republicans “can declare victory in a limited fashion,” but that he’s not ready to vote in support of it.
July 28, 2011
The House will be in session Saturday and Sunday, the Majority Leader’s office informed Members on Thursday.
July 19, 2011
Authorities have arrested one suspect in connection with an attack Saturday at the farmhouse of Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and are searching for another, the Des Moines Register reported Tuesday.
July 17, 2011
Rep. Leonard Boswell, 77, confronted an armed intruder in his Iowa home Saturday night before his grandson was able to scare the person off with a shotgun, the Democrat’s office said in a statement Sunday morning.
July 17, 2011
President Barack Obama will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House said in a statement Sunday.
July 17, 2011
A 47-year-old California man was arrested Saturday and accused of making death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the Associated Press reported Sunday.
July 17, 2011
Rudy Giuliani used his track record as mayor of New York City to argue Sunday for his strength as a potential GOP presidential candidate.
July 12, 2011
President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that Social Security and other payments to the public may be interrupted if the nation’s debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2.
July 11, 2011
Former Rep. Alan Grayson announced Monday evening that he will run again for the House.
July 10, 2011
President Barack Obama will still pursue a $4 trillion deal to cut the deficit over the next 10 years after Congressional Republican leaders deemed it unworkable, White House Chief of Staff William Daley said Sunday.
July 10, 2011
Rep. Alcee Hastings asked a D.C. federal court on Saturday to throw out a sexual harassment lawsuit against him, the Associated Press reported Saturday.
July 8, 2011
Former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93, CNN reported Friday, citing the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.
July 5, 2011
President Barack Obama invited Congressional leaders from both parties to the White House on Thursday with the intention of working out a final agreement to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit in the next two weeks, he said Tuesday during brief remarks.
July 5, 2011
Nevada state party leaders can choose their candidates in the Sept. 13 special election for the 2nd district, the state Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday.
July 3, 2011
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) called on President Barack Obama on Sunday to push back against Iranian interference with democratic movements in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
July 3, 2011
Sen. Rand Paul plans to filibuster “until we talk about the debt ceiling” in the Senate, he told C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers,” as conservative Republican freshmen raise their voices in an attempt to influence their party.
July 3, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn was open Sunday to a short-term deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit, while saying it wouldn’t be the ideal way to break the impasse on the issues.
June 30, 2011
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter plans to announce his 2012 presidential bid Saturday, USA Today and the Detroit News reported Thursday, citing unidentified sources.
June 28, 2011
Former Rep. Charles Whalen (R-Ohio), who represented the Dayton area from 1967 to 1979, died Monday, the Dayton Daily News reported Tuesday.
June 28, 2011
Former Rep. Richard Poff (R-Va.), who was considered for a seat on the Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon, died Tuesday at age 87, according to a statement from the Virginia governor’s office.
June 27, 2011
Rep. Lynn Woolsey announced Monday that she will not run for an 11th term in 2012, saying she will turn 75 before the next election and that the time has come to move on.
June 27, 2011
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) was convicted Monday of 17 of 20 charges in the corruption case against him, including that he tried to sell or trade the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama, the Associated Press reported.
June 26, 2011
Sen. Jim DeMint, who bucked his party’s establishment in the 2010 cycle to support conservative Senate candidates in GOP primaries, said Sunday that he has “no plans to work against any incumbent Republicans” in 2012.
June 13, 2011
A supporter of Republican Rand Paul’s Senate campaign in Kentucky will serve probation and pay medical expenses stemming from an assault on a liberal activist in October, the Associated Press reported Monday.
June 13, 2011
The House Ethics Committee has begun a preliminary inquiry into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), the Associated Press reported Monday, citing House officials.
