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  • Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
    A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided Congress.
  • Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
    President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward.
  • Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps
    The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.
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