By a vote of 262-150, the House passed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act tonight after repeated Republican attempts to derail the bipartisan bill. The COMPETES Act boosts America's competitiveness by strengthening the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and is … Continue reading
Anybody who has worked in the Capitol frequently had their day brightened by Herb Shanks, who retired today after almost four decades of service as the cloakroom attendant in the House Democratic Cloakroom: This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer … Continue reading
This afternoon, the House passed the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (HR 4213) to create jobs, including summer jobs, close loopholes that give corporations a tax break to send American jobs overseas, and help Americans who lost their … Continue reading
Under “Don't Ask Don't Tell”, more than 13,000 men and women in uniform have been discharged from the military and thousands more have decided not to re-enlist. Fighter pilots, infantry officers, Arabic translators and other specialists have been discharged at … Continue reading
During the consideration of health insurance reform, the debate was intense and often filled with frightening–and wrong–information. Opponents spread misinformation and even told outright lies about reform and seniors–from ‘death panels‘ to claiming reform would ‘slash’ Medicare. The truth is … Continue reading
Today, Speaker Pelosi, Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Senator Patrick Leahy (House and Senate Chairs of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations), met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia: President Sirleaf is the first woman elected to lead an … Continue reading
The latest report on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office shows that in the 1st quarter of 2010, the Recovery Act: Raised the level of inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) by … Continue reading
We continue to see growing signs of economic recovery, resulting from the economic policies of the Democratic-led Congress and the Obama Administration responding to the Bush Recession and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. More must be done … Continue reading
Young American adults are among those who most need health insurance reform: A new report released today from the non-partisan Commonwealth Fund estimates the vast majority of uninsured young adults (around 13.7 million) could gain affordable health insurance coverage as … Continue reading
A new report released today by the Commonwealth Fund and the Center for American Progress finds the Affordable Care Act signed into law in March will: Reduce health care spending by nearly $600 billion and lower the annual growth rate … Continue reading