Topic: Rob Portman

OH lawmakers react to State of the Union

ABC 9 Cincinnati (WCPO) - 19 days ago
Ohio Republicans are dismissing President Barack Obama's third State of the Union address as more of the same, while Democrats liked what he had to...

'Date night' on Capitol Hill as Congress pairs up across the aisle for State of the Union

The Hill - 19 days ago
Things always get a little less awkward after the first date.. In an effort to show they can get along, members of the Senate and House will pair...

President Obama's budget delayed until Feb. 13

Government Executive - 19 days ago
The White House will release its budget a week late, on Monday, Feb. 13, according to an administration official. Originally, it had been scheduled...

Republicans back payroll tax cut extension

Reuters US Online Report Politics News - 75 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After initial reluctance, Republicans in Congress on Tuesday threw their support behind a one-year extension of a payroll tax cut for workers aimed at helping stimulate the U.S. economy.The move by Republicans could help avert an end-of-year battle ...

Tax reform mulled after debt committee failure

Reuters US Online Report Politics News - 76 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least one Republican member of the congressional debt reduction panel is promising to forge ahead with tax reform after the panel failed to reach a deal to reduce the U.S. deficit.Senator Rob Portman said on Monday he ...

Insight: Super committee had glimpse of elusive compromise

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 83 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It didn't seem like mission impossible just two weeks ago.Inside a private room on the first floor of the U.S. Senate, seven members of Washington's debt "super committee," munching beef jerky and talking taxes, thought for ...

Super committee had one glimpse of elusive compromise

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 83 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It didn't seem like mission impossible just two weeks ago.Inside a private room on the first floor of the Senate, seven members of Washington's debt "super committee," munching beef jerky and talking taxes, thought for the first ...

Pelosi names House Democrats to deficit super committee; compromise hope dim

Don't Mess With Taxes - 185 days ago
And then there were 12. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today completed the new Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, aka the Super...

GOP side set on deficit super committee

Don't Mess With Taxes - 187 days ago
The special Congressional deficit panel dominoes are falling.The Republican members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, aka the...

US Senators Push Agencies To Speed Up Sale Of Excess Property

FOX Business - 221 days ago
Two senators are urging federal agencies to speed up the sale of unneeded buildings that cost taxpayers billions to operate annually, as part of an...