Slaughter and Walz Say Stop Obstructing the STOCK Act
Call for Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor To Hold Up or Down Vote
Bipartisan Bill to End Insider Trading Has Support of Majority of House Members
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Giffords Resigns from Congress
Emotional standing ovations at Tuesday’s State of the Union address, and at Wednesday morning’s ceremony in the House. E
2012 State Of The Union Highlights
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Obama’s State Of The Union Wishlist
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Pelosi Hits GOP Over Payroll Tax Standoff
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans were "walking away from a tax cut" Monday as Congress careened toward a standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
House to Vote Tuesday on Payroll Tax Cut Bill
The Republican-controlled House plans to wait until Tuesday to reject a Senate measure providing a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts due to expire on Dec. 31. House GOP lawmakers favor a year-long extension instead. (Dec. 19) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: …
Western New York Growers Yields Federal Resource on H-2A Visas
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and long-time advocate for farmers, today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor released an Employer Handbook for employers anticipating filing an H-2A application for next season. It was thanks to a meeting Slaughter convened …
Senate Leaders Reach Last-minute Accord
Senate leaders have reached a tentative deal on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for 2 months while requiring Pres. Obama to accept demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline. (Dec. 16) Category: News & …
House Passes $1T Budget Bill, Avoids Shutdown
The House has passed a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill paying for day-to-day operations of 10 Cabinet departments and averting a government shutdown. (Dec. 16) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Bargainers Reach Deal to Head Off Gov’t Shutdown
Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. (Dec. 15) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Durbin: Congress Must Deal With Spending Bill
Senator Dick Durbin is echoing calls by the White House to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year. Durbin says these issues must be dealt with before lawmakers leave Washington for vacation. (Dec. 13) Category: News …
#Congressional Insider Trading Scrutinized
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will testify at a Senate hearing to examine insider trading in Congress today, Thursday, December 1 at 2:30 PM in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In November, Senator Gillibrand led a bipartisan group of 13 Senators in introducing …
