House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked why reporters were making an issue out of the additional spending that was added to the continuing resolution that re-opened the federal…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked why reporters were making an issue out of the additional spending that was added to the continuing resolution that re-opened the federal…
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday said "there are no winners" in the debt showdown after Senate leaders announced they had reached a compromise to avoid default on the debt limit…
House Republicans stressed "fairness for all" at a brief Tuesday morning news conference, saying they want to "find a way forward in a bipartisan way." That means they will not wait for a Senate…
In an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Democrats not to try to humiliate Republicans, because the balance of power could shift in upcoming…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in an appearance on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopolous" on Sunday, said Democrats "own Obamacare," and all its flaws will be "front and center" in 2014, if…
Retired U.S. Army Col. and former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in his speech at the Values Voters Summit Friday for the Defense Department's…
Multiple interruptions by liberal gate-crashers allowed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to wow his conservative audience at the 2013 Values Voters Summit on Friday.
House Republicans say they'll go for a temporary extension of the debt ceiling in exchange for a "real commitment" from President Obama and Democrats to talk about the nation's pressing problems…
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signaled that he would be willing to negotiate with Republicans on health care, spending and deficit reduction once Congress passes a clean continuing resolution…
At a House Republican press conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he's not "drawing any lines in the sand" when it comes to debt reduction.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the administration would release enrollment data on how many people have signed up for Obamacare through the health care exchanges on a…
Speaking on the Senate floor Friday, Sen, Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said although he has not been to the Senate floor in days, that hasn't stopped Senate Democrats from disparaging him.
National Intelligence Director James Clapper told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the government shutdown "seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this…
In an address to the United Nations Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani wants the world to believe that it is not pursuing nuclear…
Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Senate Democrats of refusing to sit down with House Republicans and work out a compromise on the continuing…
During an appearance on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopolous" on Sunday, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Syrian and Iranian leaders are behaving "more rationally" than House Tea…
Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Friday, former Vice President Al Gore called Republican efforrts to defund Obamacare through the continuing resolution "political terrorism."
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Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed surprise that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) chose to read "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Suess during his 21-hour…
In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre said Sunday that no homeowners would be "satisfied" with a 30-minute police response time if someone was…
Speaking on the House floor on Friday, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called the bill to defund Obamacare and fund all of the federal government "a blatant act of hostage-taking."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday accused House Republicans of "brutality" for introducing a bill that funds government but defunds Obamacare.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said Democrats are unified in their efforts to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government including Obamacare while Republicans are split on…
Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday used the act of hostage-taking as a metaphor for the debt limit during a discussion on the upcoming fiscal battles in the House.