Emily Pierce

Levin, McCain: Suspend Lois Lerner From IRS Job

blogs.rollcall.com — Two senior senators are calling for IRS official Lois Lerner to be immediately suspended from work due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee - one day after she invoked her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify in a House committee.

Levin, McCain: Suspend Lois Lerner From IRS Job

blogs.rollcall.com — Two senior senators are calling for IRS official Lois Lerner to be immediately suspended from work due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee - one day after she invoked her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify in a House committee.

Did Jon Stewart Inspire Democratic Veterans Bill?

blogs.rollcall.com — Does a late-night comedy show affect Washington policymakers? As much as Jon Stewart might lampoon us for saying so, it looks like the answer could be "yes." Earlier this month, Stewart's "The Daily Show" ran a satirical exposé on a serious issue: the backlog of veterans affairs benefits claims that currently are not being processed by the government.

McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat

rollcall.com — Deal Unraveling Sen. John McCain finds himself once again pushing his colleagues to avoid giving fodder to Democrats seeking to use the "nuclear option" to change Senate rules with a simple majority. The Arizona Republican's latest endeavor is to persuade GOP senators to allow the appointment of conferees to hammer out a House- Senate budget agreement without binding instructions against raising the debt limit.

McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat

rollcall.com — Deal Unraveling Sen. John McCain finds himself once again pushing his colleagues to avoid giving fodder to Democrats seeking to use the "nuclear option" to change Senate rules with a simple majority. The Arizona Republican's latest endeavor is to persuade GOP senators to allow the appointment of conferees to hammer out a House- Senate budget agreement without binding instructions against raising the debt limit.

IRS Hearing | CQ Roll Call

cqrollcall.photoshelter.com — UNITED STATES - MAY 22: Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the Internal Revenue Service, boards an elevator after a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Rayburn Building on the investigation of the IRS's targeting of political groups. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify.

Henry Rollins Keeps Coming Back for More

rollcall.com — Henry Rollins was supposed to talk about clean-water issues and his relationship with the charity Drop in the Bucket, whose mission is to build wells and sanitation systems in schools and to provide education, health and gender equality programs across sub-Saharan Africa. But in a long-ranging interview with CQ Roll Call, the iconic D.C.

Senate Ratings Changes: The Political Environment Turns on Democrats

blogs.rollcall.com — While national polls haven't shown a shift in the public's opinion of President Barack Obama's performance, recent controversies have, in my view, significantly changed the political landscape. And changes in the landscape have led the Rothenberg Political Report to change its Senate ratings.