House of Representatives

• House passes measure to deport young immigrants

  By David Espo  |  June 7, 2013

  The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to resume the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children, a largely symbolic move in the first immigration-related vote in either chamber of Congress this year and a measure of the daunting challenge facing supporters of a...

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  Florida Senate extends annuity law to all ages

  By Maria Wood  |  May 14, 2013

  The new law would also impose stricter criteria when recommending an exchange or replacement of an annuity.

• Texas doc sues over PPACA’s constitutionality

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 10, 2013

  A Texas physician challenges the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Health reform in our time

  By Denis Storey  |  May 1, 2013

  1993—U.S. Sen. John Chafee, R-Rhode Island, introduces the “Health Equity and Access Reform Act,” which includes a mandate, complete a non-compliance “penalty.” Supporters include Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Republican Kit Bond from Missouri.

• 1. Health reform in our time

  By Denis Storey  |  April 30, 2013

  A timeline of health reform, the moments, turning points and events that defined the debate, 1993-present.

• Obama says his team managing cuts best they can

  By NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press  |  March 4, 2013

  President Barack Obama presided Monday over the first meeting of his new-look Cabinet in a sobering climate of forced fiscal belt-tightening, urging humane management of spending cuts for communities and families that are "going to be hurting."

• Spending cuts seem here to stay

  By PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press  |  March 4, 2013

  The spending cuts are here to stay if you believe the public posturing Sunday.

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  Spending cuts unpopular yet not set to go away

  By Philip Elliott, Associated Press  |  March 4, 2013

  Despite their unpopularity, those deep federal spending cuts look like they'll be around for a while.

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  Obama to stress jobs

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  February 12, 2013

  The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, a speech that offers a heavy dose on the economy even as it plays out against a visual backdrop dominated by the current national debate over guns.

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  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.