GOP Budget and Taxes Plan May Collide With Election Year Priorities
Senate Republicans have designs on passing a tax and spending plan this year. But it won't be easy in the midst of congressional and presidential elections. What's more, it may not be strictly necessa...
20 Jan 20169min
List of Influential Lawmakers-Turned-Lobbyists Grows
More than 50 ex-members of Congress who left public life at the beginning of last year are now free to lobby their former colleagues. They’ll have to prove to businesses and advocacy groups that they ...
19 Jan 20168min
Low-Tech Approach Has Some Doubting Polls' Accuracy
Donald Trump has been leading presidential polls for so long, only a skeptic would doubt he’s a shoo-in for the Republican nomination. But plenty of people are dubious about the state of public opinio...
14 Jan 20166min
Recovery Not Enough To Put Food on the Table for 17 Million Americans
Despite the rebounding economy, the number of Americans who may not have enough food to eat is higher than pre-recession levels, standing at 6.9 million homes with about 17 million people. That’s prom...
13 Jan 20169min
Public Angst Dampens Obama's Victory Lap
A State of the Union address can give a lame duck president one last chance to take a nationally televised victory lap. That may not be possible for Barack Obama, who’ll have to temper his rhetoric on...
8 Jan 20168min
Suspension of Obamacare Taxes Could Bring More Changes
The recent delay of more than $30 billion worth of Obamacare taxes to help fund the law's health insurance expansion could embolden critics to take a run at other pieces of the law. Learn more about y...
6 Jan 20167min
Energy Legislation Could Get a Jolt in 2016
Congress hasn't passed a major energy bill in more than a decade. But the way the year-end tax and spending deal lifted an oil export ban and extended wind and solar tax credits has some in Washington...
5 Jan 20167min
Taxes, Guns and Messaging Votes May Occupy Lawmakers in 2016
Congress cleared most pressing issues off its decks by striking a budget deal and passing a huge tax and spending package at the end of 2015. The question is whether the House and Senate in 2016 will ...
29 Dec 201516min
