Showing posts with label House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2016

White House Letter: Cleveland Cavaliers Join Obama’s To-Do List. He Loves This Part of the Job.

White House Letter: Cleveland Cavaliers Join Obama’s To-Do List. He Loves This Part of the Job.


Welcoming championship sports teams to the White House has been one of Mr. Obama’s favorite tasks. It might have even challenged the pleasures of Air Force One — if every winner had come from Chicago.


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Friday, June 24, 2016

Why did House Democrats choose a sit-in?

Why did House Democrats choose a sit-in?


House Democrats spent 25+ hours sitting on the House floor to protest lack of action on gun control. Here’s why it was a historically significant political tool.


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Brexit, House sit-in coverage provide boon to besieged cable bundle

Brexit, House sit-in coverage provide boon to besieged cable bundle


C-SPAN, BBC World News have moments in the spotlight


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Thursday, June 23, 2016

How House Democrats made a little noise

How House Democrats made a little noise


House Democrats enjoyed something rare this week: relevance.


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On Washington: House Democrats Throw Out the Rule Book. But to What End?

On Washington: House Democrats Throw Out the Rule Book. But to What End?


The Democrats’s sit-in over gun control attracted considerable public attention, but the payoff remains unclear.


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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

John Lewis leads sit-in on House floor over guns

John Lewis leads sit-in on House floor over guns


Georgia Rep. John Lewis is leading a sit-in on the House floor Wednesday to push Republicans to address gun violence in the legislative chamber. Lewis wrote a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan demanding that he keep the House in session through its planned recess to debate and vote on gun control legislation.


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Friday, June 17, 2016

Ryan: House Republicans should vote "conscience" on Trump

Ryan: House Republicans should vote ‘conscience’ on Trump


House Speaker Paul Ryan said GOP lawmakers should not betray their conscience when it comes to backing their party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.


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Thursday, June 16, 2016

House Members Unite to Read Stanford Rape Victim’s Letter

House Members Unite to Read Stanford Rape Victim’s Letter


Eighteen members of the House took turns Wednesday night reading portions of a woman’s 7,200-word letter to the former Stanford University student who raped her.


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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

House committee votes to censure IRS Commissioner Koskinen

House committee votes to censure IRS Commissioner Koskinen




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Monday, June 13, 2016

Pastor spurns White House, Oprah to offer support to Orlando

Pastor spurns White House, Oprah to offer support to Orlando





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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s Durability Got Her Here, and Could Get Her to the White House

Hillary Clinton’s Durability Got Her Here, and Could Get Her to the White House


The most telling promise Mrs. Clinton has made in clinching the nomination is that she will not overpromise. “We don’t need any more of that,” she has said.


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Friday, June 3, 2016

A White House Fortress?

A White House Fortress?


A reader suggests a better alternative, using the latest technology.


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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Secret Service Dreams of a New (14-Foot) White House Picket Fence

Secret Service Dreams of a New (14-Foot) White House Picket Fence


Nearly two years after an armed man climbed over the existing seven-foot fence, the Secret Service hopes to build a 14-foot barrier in its place.


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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Key House spending bill fails over LGBT controversy

Key House spending bill fails over LGBT controversy



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Democratic Committee’s Ads Tie G.O.P. House Candidates to Donald Trump

Democratic Committee’s Ads Tie G.O.P. House Candidates to Donald Trump


The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “five-figure” digital advertising purchase is targeting 15 congressional races in a number of states.


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Monday, May 23, 2016

House Set to Begin I.R.S. Commissioner’s Impeachment Hearing

House Set to Begin I.R.S. Commissioner’s Impeachment Hearing


The commissioner, John A. Koskinen, is accused of lying during previous hearings about the agency’s scrutiny of Tea Party groups. Some see the impeachment effort as a partisan rebuke.


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Friday, May 20, 2016

How gender could win Trump the White House (opinion)

How gender could win Trump the White House (opinion)



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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

House GOP warns Paul Ryan to back Donald Trump

House GOP warns Paul Ryan to back Donald Trump





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House Hunting in ... the Dominican Republic

House Hunting in … the Dominican Republic


The Dominican Republic’s real estate market has not fully recovered from the 2008 global financial crisis, but prices for top luxury homes are stable.


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