Eliyohu Mintz

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Senate squeezing House in budget negotiations

September 13, 2016

As the Senate grinds toward a bipartisan deal to keep the government open, House Republicans are increasingly resigned to accepting whatever the upper chamber decides to send their way. The growing fatalism comes as the Senate is on track to pass legislation in the coming days to fund the government through early December — amid […]


Senate squeezing House in budget negotiations

September 13, 2016

As the Senate grinds toward a bipartisan deal to keep the government open, House Republicans are increasingly resigned to accepting whatever the upper chamber decides to send their way. The growing fatalism comes as the Senate is on track to pass legislation in the coming days to fund the government through early December — amid […]


Why Snowden wants Obama to pardon him

September 13, 2016

Edward Snowden wants President Barack Obama to grant him a pardon in the final months of his presidency, arguing that his leaking of tens of thousands of government documents in 2013 left citizens better off “morally” and “ethically.” “Yes, there are laws on the books that say one thing, but that is perhaps why the […]


Why Snowden wants Obama to pardon him

September 13, 2016

Edward Snowden wants President Barack Obama to grant him a pardon in the final months of his presidency, arguing that his leaking of tens of thousands of government documents in 2013 left citizens better off “morally” and “ethically.” “Yes, there are laws on the books that say one thing, but that is perhaps why the […]


Census findings on income growth could boost Clinton

September 13, 2016

U.S. incomes saw their largest single-year boost last year in nearly half a century, according to a new Census Bureau report that could boost Hillary Clinton’s campaign while undercutting Donald Trump’s message of Americans being left behind. Median household income increased 5.2 percent in 2015, to $56,516, the census said. This was the first annual […]


Hatch wants more answers from Treasury on Iran payment

September 13, 2016

Sen. Orrin Hatch asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general on Tuesday to provide proof that none of a $1.7 billion cash settlement delivered to Iran earlier this year was paid to individuals or entities that support terrorism. Acting in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Hatch (R-Utah) wrote to Treasury Department Inspector […]


Hatch wants more answers from Treasury on Iran payment

September 13, 2016

Sen. Orrin Hatch asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general on Tuesday to provide proof that none of a $1.7 billion cash settlement delivered to Iran earlier this year was paid to individuals or entities that support terrorism. Acting in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Hatch (R-Utah) wrote to Treasury Department Inspector […]


Freedom Caucus pushes vote to impeach IRS chief this week

September 13, 2016

Reps. John Fleming (R-La.) and Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) filed notice of a privileged resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Tuesday, starting a 48-hour clock on calling up the measure for a vote by the full House. Under House rules, the privileged resolution must get a vote within two legislative days. The resolution can only […]