Obama threatens veto of Republican Volcker-delay bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House warned on Monday that President Barack Obama would veto Republican-backed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would scale back financial reforms, including the Volcker rule.
Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan says he’s not running for president in 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2012, said on Monday he will not run for president in 2016 in order to focus on his new role in Congress as chairman of the influential House Ways…
U.S. Treasury nominee Weiss withdraws from consideration: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Antonio Weiss, an investment banker who was a controversial nominee for a top post at the U.S. Treasury Department, has decided to withdraw from consideration, the White House said on Monday.
Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in U.S. deal: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has completed the release of all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, the Obama administration said on Monday, a major step toward détente with Washington.
White House issues formal veto threat for House security budget bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday issued a formal veto threat for the House of Representatives’ funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security because it contains measures that would block President Barack Obama’s immigration polic…
White House issues veto threat for House Regulatory Accountability Act
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday issued a veto threat for the Regulatory Accountability Act from the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, saying the bill would add “layers of additional procedural requirements” for gover…
Conservative lawmaker who voted against Boehner raps his leadership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the conservatives who last week took part in a rebellion against House Speaker John Boehner’s re-election castigated the Speaker’s leadership style on Monday, calling him “ineffective.”
U.S. House Republican optimistic about Obamacare replacement plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans believe they can replace Obamacare with their own healthcare reforms, if the Supreme Court strikes down a key segment of the current healthcare law in a ruling expected in June, a senior U.S. lawmaker sa…
U.S. says should have sent high-level official to Paris march
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday conceded that the United States should have sent a higher-level representative to a Paris unity march after deadly Islamic militant attacks there and said President Barack Obama would have liked to atten…
California Lt. Governor Newsom won’t seek Boxer’s U.S. Senate seat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, whose support for same-sex marriage while mayor of San Francisco kicked off a tidal wave of social and political change, said Monday he would not run to replace retiring U.S. S…
