Congressman Joe Garcia Fights for His Political Life
You cant respond. Garcia, who represents an area from Westchester to Key West, is a rare Cuban-American Democrat. After three decades in public service and two losing congressional bids, he was elected in 2012 as an honest antidote to the districts.
Jebs Medicaid problem; Rubiocare flops; 420 gets votes in 420 week; budget.
--57 percent of GOP voters still would oppose Medicaid expansion (while only 20 percent would favor it) even when given a ���fair share��� argument that says not expanding the program ���leaves millions of federal dollars on the table that could be used to.
Republicans: Obama out of excuses
���The President said he was waiting to approve Keystone because of environmental considerations,��� McCarthy added. ���His own State Department said the pipeline would not harm the environment. The President was doubtful that Keystone would create many .
Budget outlook shows deficits, health costs down, but debt continues to rise
Consider that a TOTAL of just more than $2 billion was spent in 2012, the previous record for most expensive, and it would be more than either President Obamas ($684 million) or Mitt Romneys ($433 million) campaigns spent. As Nick Confessore points.
Liberal hell no caucus rises
Next year, Republicans could boast as many as 54 votes in the Senate if they defeat Landrieu, and combined with centrist Democratic supporters from red and purple states Keystones eventual passage seems assured. But the. (Also on POLITICO: Keystone.
Could Obamas Everglades Stop Hurt the Everglades.
President Bill Clinton had just launched an $8 billion effort to save the dying Florida Everglades, the biggest ecosystem restoration project ever. Now he was. Could Obamas Everglades Stop Hurt the Everglades ��� Politico.
Obamas $22 Billion Student Loan Bailout Will Only Get Bigger
The 40 million Americans with student loans are now saddled with more than $1.2 trillion in outstanding debt. And with higher education costs rising much faster than inflation, the already massive program has been growing at a spectacular clip; direct .
Officers intent critical for grand jury in choke-hold case
A New York City police officers intentions at the moment he used a choke hold to arrest an unarmed black man weighed heavily in a Staten Island grand jurys decision not to indict the officer for the mans death, legal experts say. Intent. Its.
A shutdown deal with extras: light bulbs, campaign finance and fishing tackle
The 1,600-page shutdown deal in a few sentences: Negotiators in the House and Senate unveiled a $1.012 trillion spending bill Tuesday night that would fund most of the government through September 2015, NewsHours Quinn Bowman reports. Today: the House.
6 Of The Worst Environmental Provisions In The Cromnibus Spending Bill
It might not seem like the worst provision in the bill, but it has big implications: when hunters use lead bullets and leave carcasses in the woods, the lead can harm the birds and other scavengers that prey on the carrion. California became the first.
Cruz warns Iran deal could lead to more terror
Cruzs remarks came as tensions mount between Congress and the White House after a group of 47 GOP senators ��� including Cruz ��� sent a letter to Iranian officials suggesting that the Senate could undo any deal the administration strikes with Tehran on.
Pilot and mother, 85, hurt in small plane crash
FORT MYERS, Fla. ��� An 85-year-old woman and her 59-year-old son were in critical condition after a Piper plane they were in crash-landed in a parking lot Monday. Donna Piehl and Gregory Piehl were pulled from the crumpled four-seat 1959 Comanche .
Highway cleanup continues after massive wreck in Mich.
. St. Chrysostome, Quebec , died in the eastbound crash. State police said 22 other people, including two firefighters and a wrecker driver, were hurt in the crash or at the scene afterwards. None of those injured were reported in serious condition.
Holy tornado! Rare twister rips through LA
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down Friday morning. It got a lot of people excited, but thank goodness nobody was hurt, said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service. EF-0 twisters are the smallest type of tornadoes.
Could Obamas Everglades Stop Hurt the Everglades
This Earth Day afternoon, President Barack Obama will visit Everglades National Park to use the iconic wetland as a symbol of the climate threat Clinton first flagged 15 years ago. The Everglades is about as flat and low-lying as a landscape can get.
Steve Scalise: Damaged goods
(Also on POLITICO: Boehner staves off dissenters). Last week, in the midst of the controversy over his speech, Scalise began lobbying other members for support, but even that outreach has largely stopped in the last couple days. Scalise allies point.
10 toys to avoid this holiday season
The Radio Flyer Ziggle, Swat Electric Machine Gun and Bottle Rocket Party are among toys a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization is telling parents not to buy this holiday season for kids due to danger concerns. The World Against Toys Causing .