Having watched lawmakers bounce from crisis to crisis on the way to the current sequestration, the speaker puts his foot down on spending cuts.
There was no breakthrough in a meeting the president had with Congress Friday regarding the 2013 sequester cuts.
Obama and congressional leaders are meeting today about the 2013 sequester cuts, but what are the options on the table?
As the clock ticked toward huge spending cuts, many members of Congress skipped town. But no fear, the real deadline is Friday midnight.
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, or VAWA, has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign.
Coalition forces in Afghanistan erroneously reportedly a decline last year in the number of attacks by the Taliban, U.S. officials said.
Some Republicans say Obama is exaggerating the impact of the 2013 sequester. But is he?
With the looming impact on states of sequestration outlined by the White House, governors may be inclined to push Congress to cut a deal.
A bipartisan duo of congressmen have decided that it’s time for the military draft registration system known as Selective Service to come to an end.
With the dreaded budget cuts of sequestration about to kick in, U.S. lawmakers aren't so sure they'll reach a deal in time.
Obama challenged the GOP to put middle-class interests before loopholes. But Mitch McConnell is not interested in last-minute negotiations.
The National Defense Authorization Act and Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act are back, which may surprise those fighting for citizens' rights.
Two Democratic congressmen introduced bills that would de-federalize marijuana policy and guide the taxation of the substance.
On Monday, the United States Senate approved a $50.5 billion Superstorm Sandy relief bill. The aid package has been debated for several months and passed the senate by a 62-36 vote; the senators who opposed the bill were all Republicans
A government shutdown following unsuccessful debt-ceiling talks would be a disaster -- or would it?
The House finally passed a Sandy aid package worth $50.7 billion Tuesday, 11 weeks after the storm battered the New York and New Jersey region.
Four top U.S. Senate Democrats are ready to back President Barack Obama if he chooses to bypass Congress in reaching a debt-ceiling solution.
The date of the speech to Congress has been revealed as House Speaker John Boehner sent the president a formal invitation.
The outgoing secretary of state is expected to face Congressional panels on Jan. 22 regarding, again, the consulate attacks.
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John Boehner experienced a series of embarrassments arising in large part from the intransigence of many in his party's far-right factions.
