House

Latest Stories

House Speaker John A. Boehner. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Boehner wants to stop ‘butting heads’ with president

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This June 23, 2014, file photo shows Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifying under subpoena before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers continue to probe whether tea party groups were targeted by the IRS on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP cautions that Senate control would have limits

By CHARLES BABINGTON - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contempt of Congress case against Holder will proceed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Former commander says nixing U.S. ground troops damages international coalition

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to service men and women at MacDill Air Force Base Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. The President arrived in Tampa on Tuesday evening and met with Centcom commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III and other leaders at MacDill, including members of the Centcom international coalition. (AP Photo/The Tampa Tribune, Chris Urso, Pool) ** FILE **

House approves Obama plan to arm, train Syrian rebels to fight ISIS

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sensenbrenner: Time to dissolve ATF

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 30, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while making a statement about immigration reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama, who has postponed until after Election Day his plan for executive actions that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation, is already on pace this year to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007, according to a new analysis of Homeland Security Department figures by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

DeLAY: A day to remember, a war to fight

By Tom DeLay

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy: Republicans want to send a message to Harry Reid and other Senate Democrats. AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

ISTOOK: Congress going through motions, but dangerous lame-duck session looms

By Ernest Istook

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (AP Photo/U.S. Army) ** FILE **

House pushes resolution condemning Obama for swap

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, a pipe from the Dan River Power Plant where coal ash spilled is seen along the Dan River in Eden, N.C. Records show engineers working for Duke Energy warned the company as early as 1986 that a stormwater pipe running under a North Carolina coal ash dump was made of corrugated metal and needed to be monitored for leaks. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

NC coal ash bill could rise from the dead

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Illustration on the broken Senate by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

HATCH: Destroying the Senate — and our liberties

By Orrin G. Hatch - The Washington Times

Bill aims to toughen Massachusetts’ gun laws

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House votes to sue President Obama over claims of presidential power

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican and National Republican Campaign Committee chairman, said he envisions the GOP holding at least 245 seats in the House after November, even the group's Democratic counterpart raised $23 million more this election cycle. (Associated Press)

Democrats may win at fundraising but still lose to GOP at polls

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, and incoming Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, following a Republican strategy session. Boehner discussed various topics including that he dismisses suggestions that Republicans are planning to impeach President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: The impeachment trap

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** House Veterans Affairs' Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, Florida Republican, leaves a Republican caucus meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 25, 2014, on the influx of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. With Congress scheduled to recess in a week, Miller and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, have offered competing proposals to fix the veterans' health care program that has been scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up the delays. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers to vote on $17 billion VA compromise bill

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican (left), and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, have a tentative deal on legislation to make the VA more accountable and recruit more doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, a statement said. (Associated Press photographs)

Bernard Sanders, Jeff Miller to announce VA reform deal

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Department of Veterans Affairs Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson testifies Thursday before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, outlining actions aimed at addressing ongoing agency problems, especially doctored wait lists for medical appointments.

VA chief says more funding is only way to cure care crisis

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., , speaks to reporters on Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, about reforming the vast health care system responsible for treating the nation's veterans. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee endorsed former Procter &amp; Gamble CEO Robert McDonald to be the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. The panel's unanimously vote came one day after a nomination hearing in which he faced no opposition. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hill talks on VA reform bill in crisis

The Washington Times