Christopher Conover and Jerry Ellig
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Tim Glaeser
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress that China is assisting North Korea with its missile program. The secretary’s admission came on the heels of the hermit nation’s internationally condemned test rocket launch.
Cheryl M. McNair
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
By the age of 35, my late husband, Ronald E. McNair, had earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became an accomplished physicist and gone on to serve as the second African-American astronaut in our nation’s history.
Morton M. Kondracke
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
There are two new books out that you should not wait until summer to read. They recommend pathways to undo political stalemate and avoid the decline of America, so they’re urgent business.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Rep. Fred Upton
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
Despite some easing over the past month, buying a tank of gas still takes a big bite out of the monthly budget — money that could be used for life’s other necessities.
Rep. Michael Burgess
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
As a physician working in Congress to help guide public policies that support American innovation, I see few things more promising than the tremendous strides in the development of personalized medicine.
David M. Walker
| May 16, 2012, 12:38 p.m.
Sen. Dick Lugar’s loss in the Indiana GOP primary is another indication that moderates are an endangered species in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner
| May 16, 2012, 10:43 a.m.
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and we welcome motorcyclists from across the country to Washington for “Bikers Inside the Beltway” week. During this week, Congress should be reminded that effective motorcycle safety can help keep all of us safer on the road, but efforts to expand a government program that arbitrarily roadblocks law-abiding motorcyclists are a misguided, ineffective use of taxpayer funds.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Norman Ornstein
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
First, a sad note. Peter David, the Lexington columnist for the Economist and one of the best journalists (and nicest human beings) I have ever met, died tragically in a car accident last week.
Reps. Pete Stark and Bill Cassidy
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
As parents of children with dyslexia, we understand firsthand the struggle that millions of Americans with the condition face as they try to reach their full potential.
Michael A. Needham and Tim Chapman
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
Four years ago, a young Senator from Illinois promised to change Washington, D.C. As it turns out, his version of change meant doing the same thing, albeit with a bit more flare and a lot more bureaucrats. That was not the change Americans expected or deserved.
Elizabeth L. Grayer
| May 15, 2012, 11:56 a.m.
Few issues can claim as much bipartisan support in Congress as the Violence Against Women Act. This year, as in the past, lawmakers from across the political spectrum have joined forces to renew and, in some areas, improve the 1994 law.
C. Simon Davidson
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
Last month, President Barack Obama signed into law the STOCK Act, which “affirms” that Members and staffers have a duty not to trade on material, nonpublic information they learn while doing their jobs.
Stan Collender
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
Unless the House decides to consider another makes-no-sense-and-has-no-effect bill such as the “reconciliation” bill it passed last week, the fiscal 2013 budget process essentially is over and done with until after Americans go to the polls in November.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Stephen Young
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
One might think a nuclear maelstrom is brewing in Congress given some of the rhetoric, but the reality is closer to the proverbial tempest in a teapot.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 14, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
