Actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow took to Capitol Hill Wednesday to join lawmakers in pushing for the mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
As the crucial vote for fast-track trade authorities looms, President Obama is headed over to Capitol Hill to make his case to House Democrats who are on the fence about supporting the president’s proposal.
Rep. Tim Ryan told NBC that meditation could reduce friction and increase productivity in Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) — Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., was caught on video parking terribly on a street at the Capitol. Norton was presumably headed to join her colleagues in Congress for the address by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Silent Night! Endless night!All is dark, there’s no light.Cyclone clouds have blocked out the sky, We’re almost out of our dry-meat supply. Sleep in uneasy peace.We may have to eat Aunt Bernice. What the New Yorker is calling “Climate Change Carols” are
The charity Invisible Children, most famous for releasing the wildly popular, and later wildly unpopular, viral video “Kony 2012,” is significantly reducing its operations, and a spokeswoman for the group says it will probably not exist in any form once
Even with all of the political push back he has received, and only days after the politically driven, Senate Democrat CIA report on interrogation tactics was released, Republican Senator John McCain, who came out in support of the report and
UPDATE: The omnibus spending bill has passed the House, 219 votes to 206. Speaker John Boehner will “roll the dice” and bring the 1,774-page $1.1 trillion cromnibus spending deal bill to the floor on Thursday night, and if it fails–as
Columnist Pat Buchanan declared “find out what the agenda is of the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable and you will find out what the agenda is of the leadership of the Republican Party on Capitol Hill” on Wednesday’s
There’s blood in the water on Capitol Hill. Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., is out in strong opposition to the omnibus spending bill as Democratic support–and Republican support–for it continues crumbling. “On behalf of the 1.4 million members of
Speaker John Boehner may be endangering RINOs, or Republicans-In-Name-Only, across Capitol Hill with this bill, but he’s going to extra lengths to use the 1,603-page omnibus spending bill from House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) to protect real-life
During a conversation with the Business Roundtable on Capitol Hill, President Obama dismissed Republican opposition to his decision to implement executive amnesty without Congress. He calls his action “exactly the right thing to do.” Obama added that comprehensive immigration reform
Congressional Republicans are searching for ways–short of impeachment or shutting down the government–to respond to President Barack Obama’s seizure of arbitrary power over immigration law and enforcement. One way would be to cancel the State of the Union address next
WASHINGTON (AP) — Making a rare Capitol Hill appearance, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday encouraged the GOP’s newest members of Congress to embrace compromise and common ground as they shift to a governing role following their party’s midterm
From Todd Wohling, writing at TechRaptor: I hate myself for what I did Tuesday. I remember voting for the first time in 1994. Walking in to a small community center in a village of less than 500 in rural Wisconsin
Voter discontent will give the GOP control of the Senate, but Americans quickly will become as disenamored with a new cast on Capitol Hill. Paychecks are stagnant and health care and many other things too expensive, but Americans won’t accept
EXETER, New Hampshire — The campaign of Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) kicked this reporter out of an event at ReVision Energy on Wednesday afternoon. Shaheen’s campaign asked the owner of the business–who refused to identify himself–to say to
WASHINGTON (AP) — A ban on travel from West Africa might seem like a simple and smart response to the frightening Ebola outbreak there. It’s become a central demand of Republicans on Capitol Hill and some Democrats, and is popular
President Obama personally called the House Appropriations Committee Chairman at 5:00pm Tuesday to request congressional authorization to arm Syrian rebels, prompting a scramble on Capitol Hill to digest the proposed policy change and decide how to bring it up for
California-based ridesharing company Uber has enlisted former Obama campaign manager and senior adviser David Plouffe to guide the company’s “political campaign” as their new senior vice president of policy and strategy. Plouffe will reportedly be taking direct aim at the
The New York Times yesterday featured a story about how the Tea Party has influenced the GOP on immigration: “On Capitol Hill, the Tea Party wing continues to drive the party’s agenda. Last winter, as House Republican leaders drafted their ‘principles’ for
A special memorial to gay military veterans is scheduled to be placed in the “gay corner” of the Congressional Cemetery on Capitol Hill. Cemetery president Paul K. Williams said the stone memorial will be near “the ‘gay corner,’ thought to
Editor’s Note : National Review’s Eliana Johnson documents the key role played by Senator Jeff Sessions in the epic immigration debate of the past several months. We reprint here. A Masters of the Universe drawing hangs in a frame above the
After a controversy over the large number of sometimes capricious edits of Wikipedia pages made from computers inside the network of the House of Representatives, the crowd-sourced, online encyclopedia placed a temporary, 10-day ban on an IP address emanating from
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez criticized United States lawmakers for creating “ambiguity” over the border laws during the fight for immigration reform. Hernandez appeared on Capitol Hill today with Otto Perez Molina, the president of Guatemala, and House Minority Leader
