Janna Ryan found herself in the spotlight this weekend as she made her campaign trail debut with her husband, Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan.
With high-tech visa compromise, immigration reform proponents win GOP ally With a final committee vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill finally in sight, proponents of immigration reform won the support of a key Republican panel member after hammering out a bipartisan compromise dealing with visas for high-skilled foreign workers.Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, long considered a Republican swing vote on the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Tuesday nigh...
IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment at hearing A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit which handled tax exempt organizations, won't answer questions about what she knows about the improper screening of conservative groups or about why she repeatedly failed to tell Congre...
Hatch says he'll vote immigration overhaul out of committee Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, long considered a swing vote on immigration in the Senate Judiciary Committee, just said that he will vote the bill out of committee.He added that he could still oppose the legislation on the Senate floor if further changes are not made.His support comes after he and Gang of Eight negotiator Chuck Schumer hammered out a compromise relaxing some restrictions on how comp...
A new disaster sparks an old debate on federal aid The Oklahoma tornadoes that killed at least 24 people Monday have restarted the debate in Washington over emergency spending and whether it should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. It’s an ongoing battle for dollars that most recently flared in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last fall and resulted in a highly public and angry spat between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his fello...
Senators demand answers from IRS officials but get few new answers U.S. senators of both parties directed outrage at top IRS officials over not being informed earlier as to the tax agency’s work to target conservatives and demanded answers Tuesday as to why action was not taken more quickly to halt the abuses. Senators voiced their dismay at the IRS leadership’s efforts to respond to indications that officials in the agency’s Cincinnati office had singled out con...
The GOP's focus deficit Yes, the last two weeks haven't been kind to the Obama White House. Yes, the administration has found itself on the defensive -- regarding the IRS, Benghazi and leak-investigation controversies. And, yes, those stories aren't going way. But it's also unclear if these controversies are political winners for the Republican Party.In addition to new polls showing that President Obama's approval ratin...
