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Louisiana House members Thursday proposed legislation that would delay key provisions of a 2012 federal flood insurance reform bill that, if unchanged, will lead to substantial premium hikes for tens of thousands of state policyholders.

The House approved legislation Wednesday to green-light the Keystone XL oil pipeline, giving Republicans a messaging victory heading into the Memorial Day recess.

Anyone in the market for a tablet, laptop, e-reader or non-recreational software might want to wait a few months.

Rep. John Fleming, Louisiana Republican, has introduced a bill that would prohibit the IRS from initiating any new audits for 180 days in the wake of the recent disclosure that the agency employed heightened scrutiny on certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

Reps. Cedric Richmond, left, and Steve Scalise, have different views on whether the House is wasting time by holding another repeal, or defund vote on the Affordable Care Act.

That's what yesterday's House Republican conference meeting was like, Roe said, with Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders declining to give any suggestion about which direction they would like to go on the debt ceiling.

OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: " the resistance to top-down education mandates is building.

At the same time, however, Republicans are set to vote today for the 37th time to repeal Obamacare, and House conservatives are set to demand a balanced budget in 10 years in exchange for any debt limit hike.

In a sign that the GOP is rallying around Rep. Bill Cassidy as its choice for the 2014 Senate race, all of the Republicans in the state's congressional delegation are supporting Cassidy at a June fundraiser in Washington.

Senate Judiciary Committee members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to limit the flow of immigrants to the U.S. offered by a leading opponent of a broad revision of immigration law.

Fleming said that, for him and many members of the conservative Republican Study Committee, any deal to raise the debt ceiling would have to be tied to a budget that would balance in 10 years 'at a minimum.' Looking to up the ante on debt limit negotiations, House conservatives will push to enact spending changes included in the House-passed budget ... (more)

A group of six House conservatives loudly bashed the Senate Gang of Eight's immigration bill on Tuesday, contending that enacting it would mean Republicans never won another national election.

Monday morning, Congressmen Steve Scalise and John Fleming-both Republicans representing districts in Louisiana-sent a letter signed by 59 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon, demanding answers regarding Pentagon officials meeting with an anti-Christian extremist.

This week is expected to represent a big week for south Louisiana in the Senate, with votes anticipated on fixes and funding to the National Flood Insurance Program and to waterway infrastructure and flood protection.

With more casinos sprouting up across the country and online gambling measures on the rise, U.S. Reps.

Ashley Morris straightens stock on the shelves Friday afternoon at Cozy Corner in downtown Gainesville.

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee approved by unanimous consent Friday legislation conveying submerged lands to the Northern Mariana Islands and authorizing a study of the feasibility and suitability of a national park on Rota.

Shortly before getting on airplanes to fly back to their home states, members of Congress took steps to fix one of the across-the-board, federal sequester budget cuts that went into effect in March A - flight delays.

Central and southwestern Louisiana community leaders spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon making the case with the U.S. Army for the sustained viability of Fort Polk and its multibillion-dollar annual impact in the state.