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Domestic Policies December 20, 2015

House Republicans pressure EPA to drop coal-plant carbon rules

Republican leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposal to impose carbon dioxide limits on power plants.

Health care December 20, 2015

House approves ObamaCare insurance fix

The House on Friday approved a bill to let insurance companies sell health plans that had previously been canceled due to ObamaCare regulations, a day after President Obama moved unilaterally to fix the problem.

Republicans December 20, 2015

Republicans shift to chipping away at ObamaCare with vote this week on keeping health plans

After failing to derail ObamaCare during the partial government shutdown, congressional Republicans have found new life in attacking President Obama’s signature health care law.

Legislation December 20, 2015

House approves bill to speed up drilling for oil and natural gas

The measure was one of three energy measures the House was considering this week as Republicans controlling the chamber push to expand an oil and gas boom that's lowered prices and led the U.S. to produce more oil last month than it imported from abroad.

Armed Forces December 20, 2015

House passes bill to cut bonuses at Dept. of Veterans Affairs

The VA currently pays $400 million in bonuses to its workers each year, but the bill caps total annual bonus payments at $345 million through fiscal year 2018.

Domestic Policies December 20, 2015

Republican lobbying groups step up push on House to pass immigration reform

The issue has the potential to divide GOP lawmakers again after public in-party fighting over the recent budget negotiations.

Lobbying December 20, 2015

Teachers' unions fight bill that would bar sex offenders from schools

The measure would require school systems to check state and federal criminal records for employees with unsupervised access to elementary and secondary school students, and for people seeking those jobs. 

Legislation December 20, 2015

Speaker Boehner hopeful of immigration action this year

Speaker John Boehner expressed optimism on Wednesday about House action by year's end on stalled efforts to overhaul immigration as Republicans discussed possible limited steps to deal with the contentious issue.

Democrats December 20, 2015

Gabby Giffords attends first gun show since shooting

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has made her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 assassination attempt.

Budget December 20, 2015

Conservative activists turn up heat on Republicans in budget fight

Conservative activists gathered at the Values Voter Summit are calling on Republicans to embrace the Tea Party-backed refusal to support spending measures that fund ObamaCare, even as GOP lawmakers appeared to be scaling back some of their demands for ending the budget impasse.

Budget December 20, 2015

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to where we stand with the government shutdown, debt ceiling

This is to put into context where things stand late Thursday and what went on in the White House meeting earlier in the afternoon between House Republicans and President Obama.