Topic: U.S. Congress
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich told jurors on Thursday he was working to name state Attorney General Lisa Madigan -- not U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson -- as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate when he was arrested in 2008.Testifying ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - By the summer of 2008, then Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich realized he might have the power to appoint a senator to represent Illinois, Blagojevich testified on Tuesday at his federal corruption trial.He said he was considering himself, Illinois Attorney ...
Republican senators on Friday forced the US Senate to stay in session over its week-long Memorial Day break in a bid to prevent President Barack Obama from nominating a controversial head of a new consumer protection bureau.Obama has the right to make ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the Senate plan a 5 p.m. vote on Wednesday to force their Republican opponents to take a stand on a budget plan that would scale back the Medicare health program for future retirees.Polls show the measure, which ...
Former US House speaker Newt Gingrich Wednesday became the first major Republican candidate to formally throw his hat into the ring for the 2012 White House race."Today I am announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," he said in a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Tea Party Express made its first endorsement for the 2012 election season on Wednesday, throwing the weight of the conservative group behind Nebraska's Republican Attorney General Jon Bruning for the U.S. Senate.The Tea Party Express is one of ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of the US Congress on May 24, Republican House Speaker John Boehner announced Tuesday."It will be an honor to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu to the Capitol on May 24 as part of ...
US Vice President Joe Biden Thursday opened crucial talks with Republicans on cutting the long-term deficit, at a time when a row over government borrowing threatens to pitch the economy into chaos.The talks came as Republicans demand more steep spending caps before ...
Gov. Brian Sandoval surprised no one Wednesday when he named Rep. Dean Heller as the replacement for the retiring Sen. John Ensign. But just because the appointment was expected doesn't mean it won't have far-reaching ramifications.Here are five ways Heller's promotion from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress are launching a fresh attack on the healthcare law by targeting grants to states for creating insurance exchanges, just as congressional budget analysts said on Thursday setting up the marketplaces may be delayed.Next week, ...
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