Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed 12 articles of a controversial forest bill approved by Congress last month, which was promoted by the powerful agriculture lobby but slammed by environmentalists.
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Brazil president vetoes part of forest bill
Russia’s ruling party is expected to elect the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader at a congress to be held in Moscow.
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Medvedev in party leadership vote
A US senator challenges claims the Secret Service sex scandal was an isolated incident, at the first congressional hearing into the affair.
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Secret Service scandal in hearing
Wisconsin congressman seen as potential VP pick.
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Ryan: Obama a ‘Failed’ President
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the economy could contract 1.3 percent in the first half of 2013 if several big tax increases and spending cuts take effect.
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Economy Could Tip Back Into Recession on Washington Impasse, Budget Office Says
Most congressional observers agree that the level of discourse on Capitol Hill is coarser and more partisan than ever before. A new study suggests it’s also dumber. Congress collectively speaks at almost a full grade-level lower than it did seven years ago, with Republican lawmakers ranking as the smartest and least-smart-sounding talkers, according to a new study by the Sunlight Foundation sure to earn the ire of at least some congressional offices. Read full article > >
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Congressional discourse getting dumber, study says
Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, a congressional source confirms to CNN.
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Prostitution investigation for DEA agents
Gregory B. Jaczko, who battled colleagues and Congress as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will step down as soon as a successor is confirmed.
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Gregory Jaczko to Resign as N.R.C. Chairman After Stormy Tenure
Julian Zelizer says that even impartial observers see that congressional Republicans have taken the partisan wars to extremes
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Zelizer: Blame GOP for gridlock
Millions of dollars in outside money began pouring into Congressional contests around the country in April, while spending by presidential “super PACs” dropped off.
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Campaign Spending Reports Released for April
Over the last five years, Facebook employees have met with members of Congress and walked them through ways to best to use the Web site.
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Facebook Builds Network of Friends in Washington
It is the Hope Diamond of liberal ideas: pure, breathtaking and highly impractical in the real world. The proposal has been submitted for consideration in every Congress since 2001, and the idea behind it is that the federal government could stop wars, pacify street gangs and distill violence out of the American soul itself. All it would take was a new Cabinet-level department and $10 billion a year in taxpayer money. Read full article > >
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‘U.S. Department of Peace’ may never get its chance
Political dysfunction. Partisanship at record levels. Attack politics run amok. And public approval of Congress scraping the single digits (Sen. John McCain is fond of saying it’s down to blood relatives and paid staff). Read full article > >
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Want to end partisan politics? Here’s what won’t work — and what will.
Wednesday was a day of bipartisan harmony — at least in two congressional panels. In the Senate, a committee passed legislation allowing same-sex spouses of federal workers to receive employment benefits. In the House, subcommittee members on a panel often riven with partisanship took testimony on the Hatch Act and everyone agreed it needs fixing. Read full article > >
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Lawmakers find bipartisan ground on behalf of federal workforce
Come January, Rep. Dennis Kucinich ’s career in Congress will end. Ever since losing a member-vs-member primary against Rep. Marcy Kaptur , the Ohio Democrat has been considering a bid in Washington state. Today, he announced that he would step down instead. Read full article > >
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Dennis Kucinich will not run in Washington
Economy Could Tip Back Into Recession on Washington Impasse, Budget Office Says
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Gregory Jaczko to Resign as N.R.C. Chairman After Stormy Tenure
Monday, May 21st, 2012Want to end partisan politics? Here’s what won’t work — and what will.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Lawmakers find bipartisan ground on behalf of federal workforce
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
