by Bryan Lowry | Oct 10, 2013 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans made an offer Thursday to raise the debt ceiling on a temporary basis and go to conference with the Senate on the 2014 budget in an effort to fully reopen the federal government. Republican lawmakers met with President Barack Obama late...
by Bryan Lowry | Oct 10, 2013 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Washington Mayor Vincent Gray upstaged Senate Democrats – who were once again blasting Republicans for the partial government shutdown – when he surprised them Wednesday at a news conference on the Capitol steps to demand D.C. be freed from federal budget...
by Bryan Lowry | Oct 8, 2013 | Politics, Topics
Protesters decrying the influence of money on American politics gather outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning moments after the justices heard oral arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Bryan Lowry/MEDILL WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme...
by Bryan Lowry | Oct 7, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON — John Gilbert’s 770-acre livestock farm in Hardin County falls within the congressional district of Republican Rep. Steve King. That’s not something Gilbert is happy about. Gilbert, 64, holds tea party Republicans such as King responsible for the...
by Bryan Lowry | Oct 3, 2013 | Education, Topics
Democratic lawmakers, parents rally to save Head Start from Medill Washington on Vimeo. Hundreds of parents and teachers gathered outside the Capitol on Wednesday to protest the stoppage of funds to the Head Start program because of the federal government shutdown....
