Fmr. Bush Ethics Lawyer Richard Painter Considering Run For Senate

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Lawsuit against California mirrors Arizona immigration fight

The Trump administration on Tuesday sued to block Californ... . California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, accompanied by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, responds to remarks made U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.

Clark, DeLauro introduce bill to protect tipped workers

Katherine Clark and Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro today introduced the Tip Income Protection Act, legislation to protect tipped workers from having their tips taken by their employers. In a House Appropriations Committee hearing yesterday, Clark and DeLauro pressed Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on the recent DOL proposal allowing restaurants and other employers to keep workers' tips.

Why is Ted Cruz – given name Rafael – picking on nicknames?

Sen. Ted Cruz smiled Wednesday when an interviewer raised the obvious point about his deriding an opponent for using a nickname: Cruz uses a nickname too. Shortly after the polls closed Tuesday in Texas' first-in-the-nation primary, Cruz tweeted a 60-second country jingle targeting his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke of El Paso.

Florida lawmakers may allow teachers to have guns. But will GOP Gov. Rick Scott sign it?

As the Florida House prepares to vote as soon as Wednesday on a measure aimed at boosting school safety, the state's Republican governor, Rick Scott, is still not saying whether he would sign the bill, which includes a provision he opposes that would allow some teachers and other school staff to carry weapons. Whether to sign the bill - proposed in the wake of the high school massacre in Parkland - is an important political consideration for Scott, who is term-limited and is widely expected to challenge Florida's Democratic US senator, Bill Nelson, in the November mid-term election.

Rauner doesn’t say whether he’ll sign bill to license gun stores

State Rep. Ann M. Williams gives a thumbs-up to the gallery while Rep. Cynthia Soto applauds after the House voted to pass legislation to license gun dealers during a session Feb. 28, 2018, in Springfield. State Rep. Ann M. Williams gives a thumbs-up to the gallery while Rep. Cynthia Soto applauds after the House voted to pass legislation to license gun dealers during a session Feb. 28, 2018, in Springfield.

Texas Primaries See Surging Democratic Turnout & Record Number of Female Candidates

This year's midterm elections officially began on Tuesday as Democratic and Republican primaries were held in Texas. Democrats are hoping Texas could become a key state in the party's effort to retake control of the Senate and the House.

Pelosi, 1st Female Speaker, Donates Suit to Smithsonian

This Jan. 4, 2007, file photo shows then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi waving the Speaker's gavel, while surrounded by her own grandchildren and the children of other members of Congress, after being elected as the first woman Speaker at a swearing-in ceremony for the 110th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the first female elected to House speaker, helped celebrate Women's History Month by donating her suit and gavel to the Smithsonian on Wednesday.

In Pa. union territory, an electoral test of labour’s pull

In the midst of a speech to boost Democrat Conor Lamb ahead of next week's special election, the former "It makes me angry when we're not respected - when you're not respected," Biden tells scores of carpenters who packed into a suburban Pittsburgh union hall on Tuesday. "Everything unions do is done well."

Poll Shows Strong, Bipartisan Support For Bill Expanding Access To Cancer Care

H.R. 1409, co-sponsored by Representative Leonard Lance and Representative Brian Higgins ensures that any health plan covering cancer care offer patients the same level of cost-sharing for all forms of cancer medicine. "Bipartisan support for the Cancer Drug Parity Act has grown to 136 cosponsors, reflecting the strong momentum in Congress to pass this piece of meaningful cancer treatment legislation, said Congressman Lance.

House to debate bill to reduce violence in schools

The U.S. House of Representatives will debate bipartisan legislation next week aimed at preventing violence at schools following the shooting deaths of 17 people at a Florida high school on Feb. 14, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday. McCarthy, the second most powerful Republican in the House, did not outline any other bills the chamber might consider that are urged by gun control groups, such as raising the minimum age for buying semi-automatic rifles or banning them altogether.

Washington First In Nation To Protect Net Neutrality

Washington became the first in the country to sign a bill specifically opposing the Federal Communications Commission's rollback of net neutrality regulations. Net neutrality requires providers to treat all content in a similar fashion, without slowing down or speeding up users' service.

Texas primary results leave Democrats in limbo

The first national test of the Democrats' surge of voter energy and their ability to influence the November election came to a head in Texas on Tuesday. The biggest race of the night for the party goes to a runoff, setting up months of conflict between the establishment and its progressive wing and leading to questions about whether or not the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee should have publicly interfered in the contest.