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Trade experts still a hot commodity on K Street despite heated political rhetoric
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, center, is flanked by international counterparts in Atlanta after an agreement was reached by 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership member countries in October. Joshua Teitelbaum, a leading Commerce Department official who helped negotiate and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, has joined the law and lobbying firm Akin Gump.
Kentucky Has a Gay Senate Candidate – Does Anybody Care?
Jim Gray walked to the lectern on stage, leaned in to the microphone, and began to speak. Kentucky's openly gay Senate candidate was making history.
Trump Tried To Get Bush’s Labor Secretary To Attend His Get-Rich-Quick Seminar
Elaine Chao has had a career arc unmatched by many other people. She's been the chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, the director of the Peace Corps, the president and CEO of United Way of America and a distinguished fellow with the Heritage Foundation.
Paul, Gray trade jabs at Fancy Farm picnic
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks with Cletus Poat at the Graves County GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 in Mayfield Ky.
Republicans boast about Democratic absences at Fancy Farm
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks with Cletus Poat at the Graves County GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 in Mayfield Ky. The GOP breakfast is the first stop of the day before the start of the Fancy Farm picnic later in the day.
Trump’s war of words backfiring
Donald Trump faced mounting criticism from leaders of his own party Sunday as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents of a soldier killed in Iraq continued to consume the presidential race.
Sen Inhofe: Global Warming Alarmists Are Brainwashing Our Kids
U.S. Senator James Inhofe joins Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders to address federal highway funding legislation, during a news conference following the weekly Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Global warming skeptic Sen. James Inhofe said Tuesday afternoon that parents must "un-brainwash" kids indoctrinated by schools pushing the man-made global warming mantra.
National View: GOP convention shows a party completely out of ideas
The theme of the Republican National Convention's second night was "Make America Work Again." As Tuesday came to an end, we knew no more about what Donald Trump and the party that officially nominated him would do to make America work again.
McConnell: With Clinton as President – Nothing Will Change’
"I've been around the Clintons more than anybody should ever have to," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky., says in speech at Republican National Convention.
Senate Republican groups gather cash ahead of election
A super political action committee and related nonprofit group raised more than $15.5 million this spring to help preserve the Senate majority. That's according to spokesman Ian Prior.
Tuesday Preview: Republican Delegates to Formally Nominate Donald Trump
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Look out! Donald Trump promises to run the country the way he runs his business
DONALD TRUMP promises to run the country the way he has run his businesses. Recent reporting on Mr. Trump's financial dealings makes that promise sound more like a threat.
Congress leaves Washington, its dysfunction on display
Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers' basic job of fulfilling agency budgets. The twin failures highlighted the one step forward, two steps back nature of the bitterly-divided Congress, even as Senate Majority Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan trumpeted victories on drug abuse legislation and other, more modest bills.
Mitch McConnell: A Legacy of Obstruction
Next Tuesday marks 125 days since President Barack Obama nominated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland, an eminently qualified judge, to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The Senate's inaction on the Garland nomination is the longest a Supreme Court nominee has ever waited for a hearing or confirmation.
Farm Journal Foundation Congratulates Congress On Enhancing Global Food Security
FARM JOURNAL FOUNDATION CONGRATULATES CONGRESS ON ENHANCING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Jul. 11, 2016 Source: Farm Journal Foundation news release On behalf of the Farm Journal Foundation, our Farmers Feeding the World leaders across the United States and more than twenty thousand HungerU student advocates, we would like to thank Congress for passing the Global Food Security Act of 2016. This bi-partisan bill affirms U.S. leadership in enhancing global food security, primarily by helping farmers in developing countries produce more of their own food to improve their livelihoods.
Dems block Senate defense bill, fear domestic spending cuts
Senate Democrats sidetracked a $575 billion defense bill for next year late Thursday and threatened to shut down Congress' work on spending legislation, accusing Republicans of shortchanging domestic programs. The move prompted the leaders of each party to testily accuse the other side of dysfunction.
Liberal groups warn Trump could steal trade issue
A coalition of liberal activist groups urged House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday to publicly oppose any vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the controversial 12-nation trade deal, during a post-election "lame duck'" congressional session. The activists, including MoveOn.org, warned that if the Democratic leadership didn't fight the deal, they risked conceding the trade issue to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who also opposes the trade pact.
Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship
Chuck Grassley Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention The Trail 2016: It ain't over till it's over MORE Mitch McConnell Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton MORE in a big way this Congress, having implemented the leadership's strategy of blocking President Obama's judicial picks. Polls suggest the Supreme Court fight has taken a toll on Grassley, who may be in for the toughest reelection fight of his career.
Top StoryCongress clears Puerto Rico rescue bill, sends to president
Congress delivered relief to debt-stricken Puerto Rico on Wednesday, sending President Barack Obama a last-minute financial rescue package to help the U.S. territory of 3.5 million Americans. The Senate passed the bill on a bipartisan 68-30 vote, three weeks after the House overwhelmingly backed the measure .