Tag: Congress
House oks $15 minimum wage, setting marker for 2020 campaign
House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour,...
Facebook’s currency plan gets hostile reception in Congress
Under sharp criticism from senators, a Facebook executive on Tuesday defended the social network's ambitious plan to create a digital currency and...
House looks set to pass emergency funding bill for migrants
House Democrats were teeing up a vote Tuesday night on a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of...
Martha Roby Weekly Column: A productive week of travel in...
For the last week of May, Congress was out of session for a district work period, and I had the opportunity to...
A different kind of freshman marks Nancy Pelosi’s new majority
It wasn't exactly a mic-drop moment. But when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly ended a conversation as a freshman lawmaker no longer...
Senate rejects rival plans for ending shutdown; talks start
A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted...
Congress to face same question: When will shutdown end?
Congress returns to Washington for its first full week of legislative business since control of the House reverted to Democrats, but lawmakers...
Bradley Byrne: Get the show on the road
It
is time for the Democrat leaders in Washington to stop posturing when
it comes to border security and end the government...
Steve Flowers: Alabama’s 1940’s Congressional Delegation
Recently I came across a copy of an old congressional directory from 1942. It is always fun for me to read about...
Steve Marshall calls on Congress to fully fund Donald Trump’s border...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall isn't mincing words — he wants the new Congress to fully fund President Donald Trump's border wall...