U.S. House Democrat proposes alternative to fast track trade bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Wednesday he will offer an alternative to legislation to speed trade deals through Congress when lawmakers debate the bill on Thursday.
Jeb Bush knocks Hillary Clinton over Asia trade talks stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush on Wednesday bashed Democratic 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton for voicing reservations about overseas trade talks, a rare issue on which the White House enjoys support from Republicans, with many …
Presidential hopeful Rubio reaches out to gay Republicans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Marco Rubio, the youthful Republican presidential hopeful who touts himself as the candidate of his party’s future, has been making moves to court a socially liberal faction of his party that represents gay conservatives.
White House seeks greater power over emergency oil stocks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration wants greater authority from Congress to tap the emergency oil reserve to control spikes in global petroleum prices, seeking a more aggressive role for the 40-year-old stockpile.
Clinton floats tax-code changes as she campaigns in New Hampshire
KEENE, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Monday she would consider changes to the U.S. tax code to reward companies that produce goods and services as opposed to trading, which she likened to “playing g…
U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigrat…
Strong bipartisan backing for U.S. trade authority bill in panel: Hatch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation giving the U.S. Congress oversight of trade deals negotiated by the Obama administration will receive strong bipartisan support in the Senate Finance Committee that is writing the bill, Chairman Orrin Hatch predicted …
In Illinois, the pain of budget cuts stings daily life
CHICAGO (Reuters) – No one answers the Illinois Tobacco Quitline’s telephone anymore.
On the hunt for the presidency, Jeb Bush adopts a ‘caveman’ diet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jeb Bush is eating like a caveman, and he has literally shrunk in size.
In Florida’s Everglades, Obama wades into climate change politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will tour the subtropical swamps of Florida’s Everglades on Wednesday, part of a push to get Americans thinking and talking about the damage climate change is causing close to home.
