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Working Families Flexibility Act is a win-win

By Allen Greenberg | May 21, 2013

The House passed legislation this month amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by giving all private-sector employees the same flexibility government employees have enjoyed for the past three decades.
Obamacare repeal vote coming soon, Cantor promises

By Kathryn Mayer | May 6, 2013

House Republicans planning another swipe at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay

By Sam Hananel | May 6, 2013

It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.
Republicans scramble for the center on immigration

By Nicholas Riccardi | February 8, 2013

It was little surprise when freshman Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants. After all, the Republican Marine Corps veteran had just won the seat in Congress formerly held by firebrand Rep. Tom Tancredo, who had pushed the party to...
House opens first immigration hearing

By Erica Werner | February 5, 2013

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday the nation's immigration system is “in desperate need of repair” as he opened Congress' first hearing this year on immigration. Whether Congress will be able to agree on how to fix it remained unclear.
Boehner steadies GOP team

By Charles Babington | February 4, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month, persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with Democrats more strategically.
Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill

By Jill Abrams | February 4, 2013

The Senate took up the Violence Against Women Act Monday, seeking to remedy Congress' failure last year to extend and expand a law protecting women from domestic abuse while broadening its coverage to include Native Americans, gays and lesbians.
Obama embarks on first working day of second term

By Julie Pace | January 22, 2013

Four years ago, President Barack Obama and his staff spent the first day in the White House learning the basics. Not just the basics of governing, but also figuring out how to get cleared into their offices by the Secret Service, log on to their government computers and find keys...
Congress OKs cliff deal

By Alan Fram | January 2, 2013

Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on.
Cliff looms

By David Espo | December 26, 2012

Congressional officials said Wednesday they knew of no significant strides toward a compromise over a long Christmas weekend, and no negotiations have been set.