Tag: Legislation

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, one of the lead sponsors of the bill, characterized frivolous lawsuits as âlegalized extortion,â and said lawyers who file the lawsuits âhave everything to gain and nothing to lose.â (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

House panel okays measure limiting ‘frivolous’ lawsuits

Ashe Schow · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

‘No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act’

‘No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act’

Geoffrey Norman · September 10, 2013 2:19 pm

DOJ decides to let laws legalizing recreational marijuana stand

Red Alert Politics

DOJ decides to let laws legalizing recreational marijuana stand

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2013 7:30 pm

Reason magazine on the hunt for sophisticated stoners

Red Alert Politics

Reason magazine on the hunt for sophisticated stoners

Nikki Schwab · August 16, 2013 8:54 pm

Washington has executed five defendants under its modern death penalty law, adopted in 1981, and nine are on death row. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Patent litigation surge against small businesses shows need for reform

Isaac Gorodetski · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced a bill on June 17 â the Libert-E Act â that would prevent the NSA from collecting metadata and phone records on Americans who are not suspected of terrorist ties. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

What’s next for Justin Amash and NSA surveillance?

Ashe Schow · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, speaks to a town hall meeting in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Beltway Confidential

Study: Obamacare will go on if government shuts down

Byron York · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Michael S. Lee, R-Utah, made public a letter pledging to "not support any continuing resolution or appropriations legislation that funds further implementation or enforcement of Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

No, the GOP is not going to defund Obamacare

Byron York · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

NSA amendment draws White House fire

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said spending cuts must be part of any agreement to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers already bracing for fiscal fights this fall

Steve Contorno · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., secured the Strom Thurmond Room for a meeting between Tea Party leaders and Republican lawmakers. (AP File)

Tea Party, GOP lawmakers to meet to talk legislative priorities

David M. Drucker · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said the latest revelations in the NSA controversy came because "this is what happens when you have secret laws." (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

‘Defund NSA’ amendment will get a vote

Ashe Schow · July 23, 2013 4:00 am