Topic: Hal Rogers

Obama invites top lawmakers, spending feud rages

President Barack Obama on Monday invited top US Congress leaders for talks to break an impasse on spending cuts, with an elusive deal needed by week's end to avert a partial government shutdown.But Republican House Speaker John Boehner, expected to attend the ...

The unkindest of cuts

Republicans in Congress side with Tea Party to gut important servicesRepublican leaders in the House of Representatives had lunch at the White House on Wednesday to talk about the budget and other issues with President Barack Obama.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said ...
New lawmakers prepare to govern, cut spending, perhaps even compromise as hard work beginsThe office name plates are posted, key committee assignments doled out and the staff members are — more or less — in place. For the history-making class of freshmen ...