Brat Defeats Cantor in Surprise Upset Victory
by The powerful Republican House Speaker Eric Cantor was unexpectedly defeated by Dave Brat, 49-year-old professor of economics at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, in a …
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Cantor Sets Agenda in Memo to Colleagues
With the passage of the immigration reform bill in the Senate on June 27, it is now time for the House to begin work on …
Two Bills to Help Small Business Defeated by Election Year Posturing
by Moving forward with business legislation seems like a lost cause in the stalled Senate as two laws, one from the GOP and the other from …
Obamacare Takes a Hit as Government Prepares to Shutdown
The Senate took some time off from debating the direction that next year’s budget should take to unite in a rare show of bipartisanship to …