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House puts spending-cut knife to Pentagon
Feb 16, 2011 19:47 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans pressed ahead on Wednesday with legislation to immediately slice more than $61 billion from domestic spending but found their budget-cutting unity shaken in a House of Representatives vote to kill a big weapons project.
House votes to extend anti-terror provisions
Feb 14, 2011 19:11 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Monday to extend expiring surveillance provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act, overcoming unanticipated early opposition.
Obama keeps Afghan war spending, Iraq costs down
Feb 14, 2011 15:32 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed spending almost $110 billion on Afghanistan, signaling little let-up in the U.S. war drive despite demands for tougher spending controls at home.
Tea Party makes a quick mark in Congress
Feb 11, 2011 14:17 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party conservatives -- those budget-cutting, anti-establishment activists who shook up the Republican Party last year -- have a message for congressional leaders: We weren't kidding.
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl says will not run again
Feb 10, 2011 17:17 EST
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday he will not seek a fourth term in 2012 as his "heart says it's time to go."
Republican House speaker wary of Obama's budget
Feb 09, 2011 11:21 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday he was worried that President Barack Obama's 2012 budget proposal will be too fat with spending and taxes.
Clash looms over extending surveillance methods
Feb 08, 2011 19:42 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday urged the Congress to extend for nearly three years key powers to track terrorism suspects, setting up a possible clash with Senate Republicans who have urged making them permanent.
Obama invites Republican lawmakers to White House
Feb 08, 2011 15:17 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will have lunch with Republican leaders from the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the White House said, in his latest bid to improve relations with his political opponents.
House takes aim at public funding of elections
Jan 26, 2011 17:06 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to eliminate public financing of presidential campaigns, calling the four-decade-old program obsolete and wasteful.
State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says
Jan 21, 2011 17:57 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would allow U.S. states to file for bankruptcy will likely be introduced in Congress within the next month, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and a powerful Republican party figure, told Reuters on Friday.
State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says
Jan 21, 2011 17:57 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would allow U.S. states to file for bankruptcy will likely be introduced in Congress within the next month, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and a powerful Republican party figure, told Reuters on Friday.
Hu's U.S. visit sets new tone but tensions remain
Jan 21, 2011 17:32 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao headed home on Friday after a U.S. visit both sides declared a success, but which left questions over how the world's top two economic powers will manage future frictions.
Hu's U.S. visit sets new tone but tensions remain
Jan 21, 2011 17:32 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao headed home on Friday after a U.S. visit both sides declared a success, but which left questions over how the world's top two economic powers will manage future frictions.
Lieberman won't seek re-election: aide
Jan 19, 2011 14:27 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who crossed the political aisle to back Republican John McCain in 2008 White House race, plans to announce on Wednesday that we won't seek re-election next year, a Lieberman aide said late on Tuesday.
Lieberman won't seek re-election: aide
Jan 19, 2011 14:27 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who crossed the political aisle to back Republican John McCain in 2008 White House race, plans to announce on Wednesday that we won't seek re-election next year, a Lieberman aide said late on Tuesday.
House tones down healthcare debate after shooting
Jan 18, 2011 18:54 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, back to work after the attempted assassination of one of its members, on Tuesday staged a toned-down debate on a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry.
Obama leads mourning of Arizona shooting victims
Jan 12, 2011 21:10 EST
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama mourned the victims of an Arizona shooting spree on Wednesday and urged Americans not to let the debate over the tragedy be used as "one more occasion to turn on one another."
Obama leads Arizona memorial service
Jan 12, 2011 21:04 EST
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Thousands of people crowded an arena on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama comfort Americans shaken by a shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
Obama leads Arizona memorial service
Jan 12, 2011 20:44 EST
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Thousands of people crowded an arena on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama comfort Americans shaken by a shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
House to condemn "horrific attack" in Arizona
Jan 12, 2011 11:58 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A saddened House of Representatives on Wednesday observed the Arizona shooting that left one of its members gravely wounded as it discussed a resolution condemning the "horrific attack" and honoring the six people killed.
