Archive: February 2014
Weekly Address: Real Bills Based on Real Common Ground
February 01, 2014Common ground is the focus of this week’s Republican address, in which four lawmakers call on President Obama to support House-passed bills dealing with issues he discussed in the State of the Union. Read More
Draft Standards for Step-by-Step Immigration Reform
February 03, 2014This is a draft of common-sense standards that would guide our immigration reform effort, which starts with securing our borders, enforcing our laws, and implementing robust enforcement measures. Read More
Obama Pressed on Keystone
February 03, 2014
The pressure on President Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline has reached critical mass in the wake of last week’s State Department report that undercuts any excuse the administration has for delaying the project... Read More
Q&A: Draft Standards for Step-by-Step Immigration Reform
February 04, 2014Additional background on the draft House standards for step-by-step immigration reform. Read More
No Reason, Scientific or Otherwise, for Delaying Keystone
February 04, 2014
Boehner took the president to task for continuing to block the Keystone pipeline...despite promising in 2009 that “the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.†Read More
Boehner: CBO Report Confirms Devastating Impact of ObamaCare on Jobs
February 04, 2014"The middle class is getting squeezed in this economy, and this CBO report confirms that ObamaCare is making it worse." Read More
XML of House Bill Summaries Now Available in Bulk
February 04, 2014
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) announced today that bill summaries from the House of Representatives are now available in XML format for bulk data download from GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). Read More
Speaker Boehner Meets with Dr. Jerry Johnson, President of National Religious Broadcasters
February 04, 2014
Speaker John Boehner met with Dr. Jerry Johnson, President of National Religious Broadcasters, at the U.S. Capitol today. Read More
VIDEO: Keystone Pipeline: “It’s Time”
February 05, 2014
After five years, five studies, and countless public comments, it’s time. Read More
Dems in “Full Damage-Control Mode” on ObamaCare
February 05, 2014CBO report deals a devastating blow to the president’s health care law...And, given the frenzied pushback from the president’s advisors yesterday, the White House knows it. Read More