Authors: Jeanette Torres
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Move over, NRA. There's a new big spender in Washington to lobby for the rights of gun owners.
While the National Rifle Association spent an estimated $700,000 during the first quarter of 2013 to keep lawmakers from strengthening existing gun laws, that amount was dwarfed in...
Authors: James Grebey
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Move over C-SPAN, YouTube is now bringing Congress to the people. All members of the U.S. Congress were invited earlier this week to start live-streaming video from their YouTube channels.
“Whether it’s to share a look into your daily work, broadcast speeches and meetings, or...
Authors: James Grebey
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) -- Republican Gabriel Gomez is the underdog in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election. There's no other way to look at it when you see the Democratic advantage in voter registration in the very blue state.
But Republicans point to Gomez's dynamic story, as well as...
Authors: James Grebey
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A world without Hillary Clinton looks pretty good for Joe Biden.
Indeed, if the former secretary of state decides against running for president in 2016, a new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows the vice president not only looks like a leading contender, he leaves other...
Authors: James Grebey
KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images(FITZWILLIAM, N.H.) -- Sen. Kelly Ayotte ticked through a Power Point presentation at a town meeting Thursday, delivering an update on the federal budget, the challenges of implementing the health care law and the slow-to-recovery economy.
It seemed like a typical afternoon civics discussion if...
Authors: James Grebey
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Latinos are very interested in the Affordable Care Act, but a new survey shows they don't know much about it yet.
Targeted outreach to the Hispanic community might go a long way, however, in increasing public support for the law.
The Obama administration is battling fierce opposition to...
Authors: jc
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama on Thursday will nominate a billionaire campaign fundraiser Penny Pritzker to head the Commerce Department and trusted, longtime economic aide Michael Froman as the next U.S. trade representative, a White House official said.
Pritzker, who is the chairman and CEO of...
Authors: jc
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- UFOs aren't often discussed in Washington, D.C., and former members of Congress don't often hold hearings.
But that's what's happening this week at the National Press Club, where the UFO advocacy group Paradigm Research has paid $20,000 each to former Sen. Mike Gravel and former Reps. Roscoe...
Authors: jc
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a Global Leadership Award from the Atlantic Council on Wednesday night for her years of work in public service and diplomacy.
Clinton was introduced by another former secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, before delivering her acceptance. She began...
Authors: jc
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the immigration debate heating up in Washington, D.C., President Obama heads south of the border Thursday, embarking on a three-day trip to Mexico and Costa Rica as he tries to focus discussions on the economic ties between the United States, Mexico and Central America.
On his fourth trip...
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