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December 20, 2015

House passes bill to extend tax breaks through December

The House has passed a last-minute measure to extend a massive package of expired tax breaks for banks, investment firms, commuters and NASCAR track owners.

December 20, 2015

Boehner faces conservative ire over plan to delay immigration fight

Conservative Republicans are pushing back hard against House Speaker John Boehner's plan to effectively push off the battle over President Obama's immigration plan to next year in order to pass a spending bill, increasing the likelihood he'll need help from Democrats to get it through the House and Senate.

December 20, 2015

Poisoning the well? Obama鈥檚 immigration vow complicates AG nomination, budget bill

President Obama's vow to press ahead with executive action on immigration may already be poisoning the well, as House Speaker John Boehner warned last week.

December 20, 2015

Bill would lift ban on VA doctors advising patients on medical marijuana

A new bill aims to make it easier for veterans to talk to their doctors about medical marijuana.

December 20, 2015

Top Republican floats new attack plan for Obama鈥檚 immigration action

Add "rescission" to the glossary for the looming immigration fight between congressional Republicans and President Obama.聽No need to run to the dictionary -- it's a way for Congress to take back money that it's authorized through legislation. It's also the newest gambit being proposed by a top Republican hoping to undermine the president's expected executive action on immigration, and at the same time avoid a budget fight.

December 20, 2015

White House threatens to veto 3 House GOP EPA bills

The White House released the veto threats on Monday in rapid succession.

December 20, 2015

House votes to approve Keystone pipeline, showdown looms in Senate

The House voted Friday to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, sending the bill to the Senate for a showdown vote next week that could -- for the first time -- put the legislation on President Obama's desk.

December 20, 2015

Landrieu pushes Keystone vote in bid to boost energy industry, runoff chances

Sen. Mary Landrieu is looking for a win-win situation, as she pushes for a Senate vote to approve the long-delayed Keystone pipeline in a bid to deliver a victory for the energy industry -- and for herself, in a tough runoff election next month.

December 20, 2015

House votes to block feds from targeting medical marijuana in states where it's legal

The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.

December 20, 2015

House panel votes for waivers on first lady-backed school meal standards

A House committee has endorsed a Republican plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal standards.