Tag Archives: House of Representatives

Congress Answers Obama Plan With Smaller Food Aid Changes

WASHINGTON — In response to the Obama administration’s plans to overhaul the nation’s international food aid program, which provides food to disaster-stricken regions, Congress this week began ... Read more

Republicans Expand I.R.S. Inquiry, With Eye on White House

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, not resting with the Internal Revenue Service scandal, are moving to broaden the matter to an array of tax malfeasances and “intimidation tactics” they ... Read more

Pentagon Official Urges Congress to Keep Statute Allowing War on Terror Intact

WASHINGTON — A top Pentagon official said Thursday that the evolving war against Al Qaeda was likely to continue “at least 10 to 20 years” and urged Congress not to modify the statute that ... Read more