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  • New GOP bill would delay key Obamacare mandate

    02/28/14
    A Republican congresswoman introduced a bill Friday that would effectively delay the most controversial part of Obamacare for one year.
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  • McMorris Rodgers: Obama Administration Needs 'Rigorous Oversight'

    02/26/14
    The House of Representatives is passing legislation to bring more transparency to the Obama administration because "this government demands rigorous oversight to protect taxpayers from corruption," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said on Wednesday.
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  • Noem offers remarks on human trafficking at Congressional hearing

    02/26/14
    "I was very pleased to invite Rep. Kristi Noem to today's hearing to listen to witness testimony and share her own experiences in South Dakota with the Subcommittee and panelists," said Rep. Frank Wolf, Chairman of the Subcommittee. "Kristi has become a key leader in Congress on the issue of human trafficking and as a mother she brings a necessary and valuable perspective to the conversation."
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  • McMorris Rodgers Closely Watching Farm Bill Implementation

    02/25/14
    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., says she'll be watching implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill to make sure new rules and provisions will be workable for farmers in Eastern Washington. McMorris Rodgers anticipates providing more leadership for agriculture issues after Rep. Doc Hastings retires at the end of 2014.
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  • U.S. Rep. Wagner On GOP Leadership Role, Sex Trafficking And 2016

    02/25/14
    U.S. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, joined the Politically Speaking crew on this week's show. Before she was elected to represent the 2nd congressional district in 2012, Wagner served as both the head of the Missouri Republican Party and ambassador to Luxemburg. She won a congressional leadership position as the freshman representative to GOP leadership in the House.
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  • Miller objects to DoD plans to cut fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft

    02/25/14
    Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) pledged on Monday to push back against the elimination of the entire fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft outlined in President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 and to protect the role of the Air National Guard.
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  • Miami Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen files Venezuela legislation in Congress

    02/25/14
    Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen filed legislation Tuesday in Congress deploring violence in Venezuela and calling for dialogue between the government and opposition protesters who have taken to the streets for two weeks.
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  • GOP congresswoman: Obama has lost Congress' trust

    02/25/14
    The Obama administration has circumvented the will of Congress one too many times leaving the "most transparent administration in history" facing a real trust deficiency, according to Tennessee Republican Rep. Diane Black.
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  • Lawmakers seeks George Clooney's Help with Monuments Men Bill

    02/24/14
    Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, is plugging away on her bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal – one of the highest civilian awards in the nation – to the five surviving members of the monuments men and women who were tapped during World War II to find and return works of art confiscated by the Nazis. The efforts of these men and women are featured in a new movie called Monuments Men, starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and John Goodman, that's in theaters now.
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  • Report: VA Data Breach ‘Practically Unavoidable'

    02/24/14
    Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., said these sorts of risks are why the committee asked the VA to offer credit monitoring services to veterans and dependents in the VA database. "It's incumbent upon VA to clarify what specific portions of this report were inaccurate and what changes have been made since the report has been finalized," Walorski said.
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  • In St. Cloud stop, Bachmann talks health care and debt limit

    02/21/14
    Rep. Michele Bachmann says her recent debt-ceiling detente came because Congress can no longer stop the federal health care act from taking effect. Bachmann spoke to the Times on Thursday after a meet-and-greet event with more than 100 constituents at Culver's in St. Cloud.
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  • Blackburn drops anti-net neutrality bill

    02/21/14
    Rep. Marsha Blackburn introduced a bill Friday that would keep the Obama administration from taking another stab at net neutrality rules. The Tennessee Republican announced that she would be introducing the bill on Wednesday, when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said that he would be attempting to rewrite the agency's net neutrality rules.
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  • Herrera Beutler questions absence of CRC oversight reports

    02/12/14
    U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, this week asked the Federal Transit Administration why regular oversight reports on the Columbia River Crossing abruptly stopped last year. In a letter sent to FTA Acting Administrator Therese McMillan, Herrera Beutler questioned the reasoning behind suspending a regular source of detailed – and often critical – analysis of the proposed Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.
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  • Capito introduces bill to inspect water to inspect and monitor chemical storage facilities

    02/12/14
    Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act on Tuesday, which would establish a system to inspect and monitor chemical storage facilities that use aboveground storage tanks. The measure would require states to institute chemical inspection and oversight programs. The EPA would create programs to do so for states that don't have them in place.
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  • Roby, GOP's new Benghazi report absolves military of blame

    02/12/14
    The report from GOP members of a House subcommittee formerly chaired by Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, says the White House overstated its security preparations around the globe before the incident, which took place on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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  • McMorris Rodgers breaks with fellow GOP leaders on debt ceiling

    02/11/14
    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who chairs the House Republican Conference, voted "no" while House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor voted in favor of the "clean" debt ceiling hike. McMorris Rodgers explained her vote by issuing a rant against "the Democrats who run Washington" who "continue to ignore the problem of out of control spending."
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  • Military advocates meet with Blackburn on Capitol Hill

    02/11/14
    On Thursday, February 6, Congressman Marsha Blackburn met with military advocates in Washington D.C. to discuss a variety of issues currently impacting military service members, their families and military widows.
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  • Noem touts farm bill to Aberdeen audience

    02/11/14
    Passing a farm bill wasn't just important to the agriculture sector, it was a national security matter, Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., said Monday in Aberdeen. "When another country feeds us, then they control us," Noem told more than 40 people during an afternoon farm bill discussion at Kessler's.
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  • Obamacare delay sparks new mandate fight

    02/11/14
    "Where is the relief for American families who are suffering from this law?" asked Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.). "By providing more relief for employers without doing the same for individuals, the President is again sending the message that businesses deserve favorable treatment over the hardworking American people."
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  • Black applauds House passage of the G.I. Bill Tuition Fairness Act

    02/10/14
    Congressman Diane Black (R-TN-06) voted Feb. 3 for the G.I. Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013, bipartisan legislation that would expand education opportunities for veterans by allowing them to attend the state-run higher-education institution of their choice at the in-state tuition rate. Congressman Black released the following statement upon House passage.
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  • NC Rep. Ellmers: Obama Puts US 'At Risk' by Easing Asylum Rules

    02/10/14
    "Once again we're seeing the president trying to take full control of a situation that is very bad, and it leaves Americans vulnerable," Ellmers told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV. "His use of executive order is incredibly outrageous, and yet he continues to do it. This is something every American should be concerned about.
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  • Jenkins commits to finding solutions to ACA problems

    02/06/14
    Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) said on Tuesday that she would continue to work toward solutions to problems created by the Affordable Care Act as the House Ways and Means Committee advanced two pieces of legislation. "Today we took action on two failed provisions of ObamaCare – by repealing the 30 hour a week requirement and protecting volunteer firefighters and emergency responders from the employer mandate tax," Jenkins said. "When employees are already struggling, they can't afford to have their hours or wages cut any further."
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  • Fayetteville farms happy with passage of farm bill

    02/06/14
    Ellmers likes that it gives farmers certainty and provides new services to assist dairy and livestock farmers that she expects to be better. But Ellmers thinks it failed to address a problem that is causing conflicts with Canada and Mexico and should have blocked the government from creating new livestock regulations.
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  • Mich. US Rep. Miller's bill would mandate separating Lake Michigan, Mississippi to block carp

    02/06/14
    The bill introduced by Rep. Candice Miller, a Michigan Republican, would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct barriers in rivers and canals that were reconfigured more than a century ago to connect the two giant watersheds. That project boosted waterborne commerce but created a pathway through which fish, mussels and other aquatic animals and plants could stake out new territories and compete with native species.
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  • Local schools cut part-time worker hours to comply with health care law

    02/06/14
    Rep. Susan Brooks, R-5th District, said she was encouraged that the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this week advanced the bill that would "restore the traditional work week," from 30 hours to 40 hours.
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  • Options Slim as House Republicans Seek Votes on Debt Rise

    02/06/14
    "This is a telling moment where we have to take steps to rein in the wasteful Washington spending," Missouri Republican Vicky Hartzler said. "We have to get something for that vote."
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  • GOP proposes facelift for endangered species law

    02/06/14
    On Tuesday, Hastings and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) plan to release a 64-page report on the working group's efforts. The Hill received an early copy of the report, which Lummis said does not amount to a comprehensive proposal for overhauling the law. "We would like an overarching goal to get away from the litigation model and toward a more 21st century labor model," Lummis told The Hill in an interview on Monday evening, prior to the report's release.
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  • Marsha Blackburn to speak at New Hampshire conference

    02/05/14
    U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn plans to speak at a New Hampshire conference that a watcher of Granite State politics describes as a "GOP presidential preview."
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  • Falling workforce participation will be central factor in slowing economic growth

    02/05/14
    The points had been pretty much exhausted by the time Republican Rep. Diane Black got her turn to address Elmendorf. Her question was straightforward: "What effect [will] the reduced labor force participation have on the economy?"Elmendorf's answer was simple, short, and devastating. "It is the central factor in slowing economic growth," he said.
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  • Obamacare to Cut Hours of Work by 2017, CBO Estimates

    02/05/14
    "My Republican colleagues and I have been warning for years of the devastating effects Obamacare would wreak on our health-care system and our economy," U.S. Representative Diane Black, a Tennessee Republican, said in a statement. "This report from CBO further underscores the need to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a system that expands access to health care and doesn't put Americans out of work."
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  • ACA 30-hour standard could reduce hours for millions of workers

    02/04/14
    Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) recently said the 30-hour standard for full-time employment in the Affordable Care Act could lead to millions of workers having their hours reduced and create a nation of part-time employees.
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  • Congresswoman lashes out at tycoon for opening door to Cuba

    02/04/14
    News that sugar tycoon and longtime anti-Castro exile leader Alfonso Fanjul has quietly traveled to Cuba and is open to doing business there prompted an angry response Monday from a Cuban American member of Congress, who called Fanjul's actions "pathetic" and "shameful." Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) released her statement in the wake of a Washington Post report quoting Fanjul as expressing an "open mind" to investing in Cuba "under the right circumstances."
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  • Crop Insurers Win as Congress is Poised to Pass Farm Law

    02/04/14
    Representative Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican behind the plan, said additional transparency is necessary to keep the program honest. "It's a common-sense thing to do," Foxx, who voted against the House bill, said in an interview. "We need all of these programs to be as efficiently and effectively run as possible."
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  • Republicans Offer an Obamacare Alternative

    02/03/14
    Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, in the party's official rebuke to President Obama's State of the Union this year. In a potential early sign that the repeal and replace message is already working, Independents viewed McMorris-Rodgers message as less partisan.
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  • Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins Disagrees With New Healthcare Measures

    02/03/14
    Because of this addition, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said, "The 30-hour work requirement puts millions of workers at risk for reduced hours and creates a nation of part-time employees bringing further uncertainty for hardworking Americans."
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