Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 26, 2013, before the House Appropriations Committee, subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies budget hearing on forest service. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 26, 2013, before the House Appropriations Committee,…
We’re back to where we were, amazingly. In 2012, we watched CISPA pass in the House, insufficiently amended to protect the privacy of the average citizen. The President threatened to veto the bill. The Senate worked on its own law, all but ignoring what the House had produced. And in 2013, the same tune is being hummed.…
FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows travelers standing in line at the LAX International Airport in Los Angeles. Under pressure, the White House signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs blamed for lengthy flight delays for airline passengers, while leaving the rest of $85 billion in across-the-board spending…
Jay Mercado, left, and Shirley Tan, third from left, and their twin sons Jorien Mercado, second from left and Jashley Mercado, both 16, of Pacifica, Calif., wait on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, to meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Shirley is undocumented and Jay is an American citizen.…
FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. According to Democratic officials: The six-term Democratic Sen. Max Baucus plans to retire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus,…
This video frame grab provided by Senate Television shows Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. using a poster of weapons as she speaks about gun legisalation, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bipartisan effort to expand background checks was in deep trouble Wednesday as the Senate approached…
Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan immigration legislation being written in the Senate would require surveillance of 100 percent of the U.S. border with Mexico and apprehension of 90 percent of people trying to cross the border in certain high-risk areas, a person familiar with the proposals said Wednesday.People living here illegally could…
Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republicans and Democrats in the House is finalizing a sweeping immigration bill that offers work permits and the eventual prospect of citizenship to millions of people living illegally in the United States, aides say. That path to citizenship, however, is likely to take at least…
President Barack Obama participates in a meeting at the Denver Police Academy in Denver, Colo., with local law enforcement officials and community leaders to discuss the state's new measures to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)President Barack Obama participates in a meeting at the Denver Police Academy in Denver, Colo., with…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSBudget proposals show the deep ideological divide between the parties Despite president's charm offensive, harsh rhetoric persists from both sides Obama meets Wednesday with House Republicans Senate Democrats unveil their budget plan that includes more tax revenue Washington (CNN) -- Nothing, it seems, can bridge the bottomless political divide in Washington over taxes and…
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