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The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans.

The Washington Examiner reports that Speaker Boehner will not bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don't support it.

Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin said his bill would amend existing law to allow the National Museum of the American Indian to build the memorial on the museum's grounds on the National Mall.

Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin says his bill would amend existing law to allow the National Museum of the American Indian to build the memorial on the museum's grounds on the National Mall.

When I first came to Washington in 1969, one of the first members of Congress I met and talked to was George Mahon, a courtly, laconic conservative Southern Democrat who happened to be chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.

In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court shot down the Dallas-Fort Worth area's attempt to get water from Oklahoma.

An insurgent group of House Republicans is pushing to codify the "Hastert rule" to only allow bills with majority GOP support to come to the floor.

Goodell to McCollum: "Neither in intent nor use was the name ever meant to denigrate Native Americans or offend any group."

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his staff are working behind the scenes to avoid another embarrassment this month when they bring to the floor a bill that would increase funding for pediatric research.

That Republican Texas Congressmoron is trying hard for the executive spot in the loony Tea Party caucus , and here's another zany episode of Life With Gohmert, as Louie unleashes his strange smarmy wrath on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie! "Think about it, if he had just up and appointed a Republican replacement as he's authorized to do, do you ... (more)

Paul Kane writes on A1 of the Washington Post: "On New Year's Day, in a cramped room in the Capitol basement, House Republican leaders faced an angry caucus.

The U.S. Air Force invoked the Alternate Safe Haven Authorities to except Tinker Air Force Base civilian personnel from furloughs if their homes were destroyed or declared uninhabitable due to recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.

"There's really been no movement," said Karlyn Bowman, who studies public opinion at the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

A Minnesota Democrat is among 10 members of Congress urging the National Football League and the Washington Redskins to change the team's name.

Cantor is expected to introduce legislation later this month that would increase medical researching funding by shifting taxpayer money from funds for presidential elections and conventions.

There's an almost biblical irony to Oklahoma's latest tornado disaster. Not a funny irony, but the grim, tragic kind so common to acts of God.

The Issue: Hurricane Sandy relief foes from Oklahoma may face difficult questions after a deadly tornado in their state.

The coming month is when Congress traditionally signals how much it plans to micromanage the annual affairs of the nation's capital.

When Congress voted on federal relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey early this year, five of the seven Oklahoma representatives and senators voted no.

This week, the President spoke to the graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy, traveled to Oklahoma and New Jersey to highlight recovery efforts, and honored Memorial Day with the First Lady at Arlington National Cemetery.