House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called on the Senate to “strengthen” the language of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which would ban insider trading among members of Congress and federal employees, so the same rules apply to the executive branch. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The applause rolled through the big chamber, growing ever louder as hundreds of Republicans and Democrats suddenly realized Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was back in the House. But this time she had come to say goodbye. (more)
BALTIMORE, Md. — During a House GOP retreat in Baltimore on Friday, press secretaries for Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor balked when asked if their bosses believe Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
GQ compiled its list of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, with GOP leaders taking the top spots, with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden left off the list. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant Republicans pushed legislation through the House Tuesday night that would keep alive Social Security payroll tax cuts for some 160 million Americans at President Barack Obama’s request – but also would require construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that has sparked a White House veto threat. (more)
Politically, Hollywood is known for glitzy fundraisers for Democrats, like Steven Spielberg and David Geffen headlining A-list events to benefit President Barack Obama. (more)
Monday, two leading Republicans condemned the UNESCO vote to admit Palestine, essentially recognizes it as a state. (more)
Protesters affiliated with the “Occupy” movement held a demonstration Friday outside the offices of Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firm once run by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (more)
Rush Limbaugh admonished House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Monday for acknowledging on “Fox News Sunday” that the Occupy Wall Street movement has some legitimate gripes. (more)
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday that Democrat leaders were “stirring up the pot” by supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread throughout the country. (more)
Anti-war protesters plan to storm the inside and outside of the Hart Senate Office Building at 11:30 a.m. today, with the intent of causing enough havoc to shut business down. (more)
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) — the campaign arm of the House Democrats — sent out an email Monday morning urging readers to sign a petition supporting the growing “Occupy Wall Street” protests. (more)
GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor voiced concern Friday about the “growing mobs” of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters that have sprung up in major cities across America. (more)
When is 400,000 not 400,000? (more)
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama is singling out and criticizing House Republican leader Eric Cantor for declaring that the president’s entire $447 billion jobs bill will not get a vote in the House. (more)
President Obama threatened Monday night to veto two GOP bills rolling back Environmental Protection Agency regulations. (more)
House Republican Leader Eric Cantor rebuffed President Obama’s calls for Congress to quickly pass his American Jobs Act and said the GOP-controlled House would only take up parts of the president’s plan. (more)
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a budget hawk known for pushing steep deficit-reduction plans and staring down government shutdown threats, may have a soft spot for animals. (more)
In the movie Office Space, a software company brings in two outsiders (the Bobs) to identify waste and cut unnecessary employees and practices. One employee reveals he has eight bosses and only does enough work to not get hassled by any of them. Another employee screams that he is the only one who can deal with the customers because he has “people skills.” Yet another employee was unknowingly laid off but still receives a paycheck every week because of a glitch in the system. (more)
In response to President Obama’s upcoming jobs speech, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor called on the president in a letter Tuesday to work with House Republicans to find “common ground” on job creation. (more)
