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Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists. Lifting the ban is a step toward Obama's goal of closing the Navy-run prison in Cuba ...
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and ...
GOP US Senate candidates denounce immigration bill
The four Georgia Republicans running for U.S. Senate said Saturday they are united in opposing a comprehensive immigration reform bill, because it doesn't do enough for border security. U.S. Reps. Paul Broun of Athens, Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Jack Kingston of Savannah, along with former Secretary of State Karen ...
Ga. avoids limit on reservoir use in Senate bill
Georgia legislators thwarted on Wednesday an attempt by Alabama and Florida to limit how much water metro Atlanta and North Georgia can take from federal reservoirs. The U.S. Senate voted 83-14 to approve a changed version of the Water Resources Development Act without including an earlier restriction backed by Sen. ...
Hole-in-one as Obama golfs with 3 senators
So much for overshadowing your rivals, Mr. President. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss didn't seem fazed by a rare congressional invitation to golf with President Barack Obama Monday, sinking a hole-in-one on the par-three 11th hole. The ace shot helped lead Chambliss and GOP teammate Sen. Bob Corker or Tennessee to ...
Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace US
Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there. U.S. officials last week declared that the Syrian government ...
GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states
Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington. It's a potentially troubling sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching could spill over into next year's congressional elections. The vote is more than 18 months away, ...
Collision course on FAA sequester cuts
Republicans and Democrats traded charges on Monday over sequester cuts to air traffic controllers at the FAA, as after weeks of political skirmishes over automatic budget cuts, this fight over air travel threatened to quickly develop into a full blown political storm. "Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight?" ...
Questions after the Boston Marathon bombings
The political aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings is just beginning, as both parties wait to see how it may impact a number of different issues, ranging from the conduct of anti-terrorism work by the U.S. Government to immigration, gun laws and more. In the wake of terrorist attacks, it ...
Looking for clues on Boston bombings
Official Washington, D.C. had no immediate answers on Tuesday for who or what group might have been behind the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, as lawmakers refused to speculate on those responsible, while President Obama again vowed to track down the culprits. "This was a heinous ...
More change in the U.S. Senate
Another seat in the U.S. Senate will be in play in the 2014 mid-term elections, as Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) will reportedly announce on Tuesday that he is not running for re-election, presenting Republicans with a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the Senate, and giving Democrats one ...
Drone questions spur over 12 hour Senate filibuster
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) surprised the Senate on Wednesday with the longest filibuster in over twenty years, using almost 13 hours of time on the Senate floor to demand more information and answers from the Obama Administration on whether drones could be used against Americans - on U.S. soil - ...
Pentagon pleads with Congress to block cuts
Sometimes when the Congress is engaged in a tough legislative battle, we say the House is "jamming" the Senate to accept a certain bill or vice versa, basically trying jam something down the other guy's throat. Today at a Senate hearing, it almost seemed like it was the Pentagon trying ...
Sen Saxby Chambliss to retire
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) announced today that he will not run for re-election in 2014, becoming the second Senator to announce retirement plans for the next mid-term election. Chambliss faced an almost certain challenge from a more conservative Republican candidate, and his decision seems certain to produce a wide-open GOP ...
Congress gropes for fiscal cliff roadmap
As Senators left town on Friday afternoon for a Christmas break, there was no concrete answer from either party on how the tax and budget impasse known as the fiscal cliff would be solved before the end of the year. "I have no idea what ought to happen," said Sen. ...
Republicans pounce on "terrorist attack" in Libya
A simple question to a top U.S. Intelligence official at a Senate hearing today gave Republicans an opening to try to ratchet up the political focus on last week's attacks in Libya that killed four American diplomats and what the Obama Administration did to prevent such losses. "Let me begin ...
Congress looks to leave town fast
Never mind that lawmakers just got back to Washington, D.C. from a five week break, as it looks like both parties are ready to throw their hands up in the air and leave town again until after the November elections. "All indications are it will be the end of next ...
Republicans try to stir some Romney momentum
From Tampa, Florida - Starting with the Tuesday speeches of Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Republicans are now heading into a final two days of convention work that will highlight the two names on their ticket - Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. And no matter what ...
Tidbits from the GOP Convention III
From Tampa, Florida - There was much more of a buzz around the Republican convention on Tuesday, as GOP delegates truly got their gathering underway, nominating the ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, and taking in big speeches from Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie. Meanwhile, it was another ...
Santorum Looks for Bayou Win
After losing ground to Mitt Romney this week in Puerto Rico and Illinois, Rick Santorum has the chance to win back some delegates and momentum, as voters in Louisiana go to the polls on Saturday. While Santorum leads in all of the recent polls, which show him gaining momentum, only ...
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