NJ congressmen refuse pay during shutdown — But can they?
Two freshmen members of Congress from New Jersey say they will not take paychecks while the shutdown wears on.
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All eyes on New Jersey for control of Congress
New Jersey has twelve members of the House of Representatives. Seven are Democrats and, currently, five are Republicans, but that could change in November.
Fallon using border families for cheap publicity
Too bad Fallon couldn't have donated in the name of congress whose job it is to figure this out and have yet to come up with a solution. But congress doesn't get you ratings. Sorry Jimmy, I don't think this will either.
Senate passes GOP tax bill along party lines
Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year.
NJ congressional reaction to Trump's speech runs along party lines
Republican Rep. Leonard Lance found something in the speech to be pleased about that was not political.
President Trump calls for unity in first address to Congress
Heralding a "new chapter of American greatness," President Donald Trump issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care system and significantly boosting military spending Tuesday night, swapping his trademark pugnaciousness and personal insults for a more restrained tone…
Obama, Hill leaders meet ahead of federal funding deadline
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders plan to sit down Monday to find a way to avert a government shutdown at month's end, with money all but gone to address the worsening Zika crisis. In advance of the session, the White House gave a harsh assessment of chances for working out a sol…
CDC Director: Just a few weeks' of Zika funding remain
The head of the government's fight against the Zika virus said that "we are now essentially out of money" and warned that the country is "about to see a bunch of kids born with microcephaly" in the coming months.
GOP faces choices on Zika, shutdown, impeaching IRS chief
Congress' Republican leaders face decisions on averting a federal shutdown, containing the Zika virus and impeaching the head of the IRS, with approaching elections pressuring the GOP to avoid doing anything that could damage its standing with voters.
Reid wants budget business resolved before year-end
The Senate's top Democrat said Thursday that he and President Barack Obama will not approve a stopgap spending bill if it kicks Washington's unfinished budget business into next year, as some tea party conservatives are demanding.