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A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday criticized two major cable companies for consistently failing to provide refunds to customers they knew had been overcharged. The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee found Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications made no effort to trace set-top box equipment overcharges and to provide refunds to customers.
The White House Thursday promised that President Barack Obama would veto the long-delayed response of the Republican-controlled Congress to the president's request for fighting the Zika virus , saying it provided too little money and contained too many partisan provisions. The $1.1 billion measure had already appeared sure to die in the Senate next at the hands of filibustering Democrats backing Obama's $1.9 billion request and opposing spending cuts that House Republicans added to the measure.
Democratic House members, with some support from their colleagues in the Senate, staged a sit-in over 25 hours on Capitol Hill worthy of the civil- rights movement, publicizing their frustration over the lack of formulating meaningful gun-control legislation. Even after the Republican majority adjourned the session early Thursday morning until after the July 4th holiday, Democrats maintained their vigil, exploiting social media in an effort to gain popular -- if not congressional -- support.
As Donald Trump's lackluster fundraising raises questions about his ability to help down-ballot Republicans, Hillary Clinton met with House Democrats and assured them she will help try to win back the chamber this year. "I want the House," Clinton told the room, according to Rep. Jim McDermott .
Newly released emails show State D... WASHINGTON - Former Secretary Hillary Clinton failed to turn over a copy of a key message involving problems caused by her use of a private homebrew email server, the State Department confirmed Thursday. The disclosure makes it unclear what other work-related emails may have been deleted by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Former Secretary Hillary Clinton failed to turn over a copy of a key message involving problems caused by her use of a private homebrew email server, the State Department confirmed Thursday. The disclosure makes it unclear what other work-related emails may have been deleted by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters in Manhattan at an event where he went over his core political beliefs on June 23, 2016 in New York City. Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd, Sanders did not speak about Hillary Clinton who has secured the delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Supporters react as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage before an address in New York Thursday, June 23, 2016. Supporters react as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage before an address in New York Thursday, June 23, 2016.
A deadlocked Supreme Court decision that blocks President Barack Obama from granting amnesty to the parents of legal U.S. residents who are in the country illegally will deprive many of those people of the right to sign up for health insurance in California, analysts of the decision said Thursday. Most immigrants who are in the country illegally already are barred from signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care law widely known as Obamacare.
House Democrats wrested control of the national spotlight Wednesday, leading a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, chanting over Speaker Paul Ryan, all for gun control -- one of the most intractable issue in Congress. And even with the sit-in's end Thursday afternoon -- without action on gun control -- the fight over the issue isn't over, Democrats say.
In this Oct. 23, 2014 file photo, a grocery store employee wipes down a soup bar with a display informing customers of organic, GMO-free oils, in Boulder, Colo. Senators have a bipartisan deal to require labeling of genetically modified ingredients nationally, a week before a labeling law in Vermont goes into effect.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, accompanied by fellow House Democrats, from left, House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., and others, speaks on Capitol,Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, after House Democrats ended their sit-in protest.
The Department of Justice announced on June 22 that it made 301 arrests in what's being called the biggest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force - part of a joint initiative between the DOJ and the Health and Human Services Department - busted doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals for allegedly running scams that bilked the government out of $900 million.
The U.S. House of Representative's Democrats were staging a sit-in-the first of its kind in this video-driven digital age- trying to force House Republicans to vote on a pair of gun control bills. Whatever side of the aisle you're on, this was must-see TV.
Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., leaves the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Fattah, a veteran Pennsylvania congressman, was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan related to his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral bid.
'We need to defeat these AWFUL Republicans': Democrats send out a flurry of fundraising emails to profit from gun control sit-in The DCCC sent out a number of emails, which starred Congressman John Lewis, who led the protest, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Pelosi called the Republicans' moves 'shameful,' while Rep. Louie Gohmert shamed the Democrats for fundraising off 'deaths of these people' Democrats were taking a stand - by having a seat on the House floor and refusing to budge until Republicans agreed to have gun control votes - but they were making a buck too.
Rebellious Democrats staged an extraordinary all-day sit-in on the Ho... . In this image from video provided by House Television, House Speaker Paul Ryan stands at the podium as he brings the House into session Wednesday night, June 22, 2016, in Washington.
If you only read one thing: Donald Trump drew rare praise in GOP circles Wednesday with a measured, yet blistering, critique of Hillary Clinton's record. Reading from a teleprompter at the Trump SoHo in New York, Trump attacked Clinton's foreign policy vision, highlighted allegations of pay-for-play, and argued she was only in the race for herself.
The former "Saturday Night Live" comic was determined to establish himself as a serious senator after winning his Minnesota seat by a razor-thin margin. So after getting to the Senate in 2009 he embraced the low-key life of a freshman lawmaker.
" Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble " though much smaller " to get out of the Senate race.