S.A. Miller
Articles by S.A. Miller
Paul Ryan offers to repair U.S. economic safety net with a single grant stream
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan proposed sweeping changes to America's safety net Thursday that would combine up to 11 federal welfare programs into a single funding stream to states. Published July 24, 2014
House calls for immigration enforcement in Central America
A House Republican task force Wednesday unveiled a $1.5 billion plan to ease the border crisis, including launching law enforcement operations in Central America and Mexico to stop illegal immigrants before they reach the U.S. Published July 23, 2014
House task force to recommend National Guard on border, faster deportations
House Republicans will call Wednesday for decisive action to end the border crisis, proposing a deployment of National Guard troops and accelerated deportation hearings for unaccompanied children inundating the U.S., said a Capitol Hill aide familiar with the plan. Published July 22, 2014
John Boehner blasts Obama’s ‘lack of leadership’ on border
House Speaker John Boehner warned Tuesday that efforts to fix the border crisis are in jeopardy, blaming President Obama for bowing to the whims of fellow Democrats and failing to seek a bipartisan solution. Published July 22, 2014
GOP unrest growing over Obama’s border plan
Rank-and-file House Republicans warned Monday they won't back emergency spending to address unaccompanied young immigrants flooding into the U.S. until President Obama secures the border, reviving the impasse that helped doom comprehensive immigration reform. Published July 21, 2014
Lois Lerner emails reveal gaping open-records loophole
The Lois G. Lerner emails released this month revealed a potentially huge loophole in federal open-records practices when an IRS tech staffer acknowledged that the agency doesn't regularly store — and never checks — instant message chats as official government records. Published July 20, 2014
Obama calls for Ukraine cease-fire, blames Russia for downed passenger jet
President Obama on Friday called for all sides to "adhere to an immediate cease-fire" in eastern Ukraine and for international investigators to receive unfettered access to the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet that was shot down in territory held by Russian-backed separatist rebels. Published July 18, 2014
Putin moves quickly to control of Malaysia Airlines crash information
Russian President Vladimir Putin loomed over the catastrophe of a downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet from the start Thursday, as Russian news agencies reported that he was the first to inform President Obama of the crash and he quickly placed blame on his adversaries in the Ukrainian government. Published July 17, 2014
MH17: U.S. lawmakers rocked by downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rattled top lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who warned that the conflict along Russia's border would enter a "new dimension." Published July 17, 2014
Obama rolls out new sanctions on Russia’s energy and financial sectors
President Obama announced new economic sanctions Wednesday against Russia, hitting major energy, financial and defense companies in a bid to end fighting in eastern Ukraine at the end of a day in which the Pentagon accused the Kremlin of gathering more forces at the border and a British newspaper reported that Moscow would reactivate a Cold War era spy base in Cuba. Published July 16, 2014
EPA pulls back from plan to garnish paychecks
The Environmental Protection Agency bowed to fierce criticism Wednesday and announced that it had hit the breaks on a fast-tracked plan to collect fines by garnishing paychecks of accused polluters. Published July 16, 2014
Lawmakers move to block EPA wage-garnishing rule
Lawmakers pushed back Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency's move to garnish the paychecks of accused polluters, advancing a bill that would block the new authority. Published July 15, 2014
Rep. Ed Royce pushes for new nuke sanctions on Iran
As nuke talks with Iran faltered Tuesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce called for the Obama administration to start working on new sanctions against the Islamic state. Published July 15, 2014
Rubio: Senate immigration bill won’t stop border surge
Sen. Marco Rubio says the immigration bill he helped push through the Senate would not have stopped the surge of children crossing the southwestern border illegally, breaking with his "Gang of Eight" co-authors who are urging the bill's passage. Published July 14, 2014
Westminster resists hosting immigrant children
Add the small town of Westminster, Maryland, to the growing list of places where the Obama administration canceled plans to send unaccompanied immigrant children pouring across the border. Published July 14, 2014
West Virginia Senate candidates seek partisan help in Medicaid battle
The battle over Medicare will rumble across West Virginia's U.S. Senate race Monday, as the two candidates deploy Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Paul Ryan to duke it out on their behalf. Published July 13, 2014
EPA push to garnish polluters’ paychecks hits Republican roadblock
Republican lawmakers Thursday tried to derail the Environmental Protection Agency's move to garnish paychecks of accused polluters, saying it was too much power in the hands of "an agency prone to regulatory abuses." Published July 10, 2014
GOP senators knock EPA power grab
The Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to quietly assume power to garnishing paychecks of accused polluters ran into firm opposition Thursday from top Senate Republicans. Published July 10, 2014
Ralph Nader raps Darrell Issa for ‘showboating’
Consumer crusader Ralph Nader on Wednesday chastised Rep. Darrell Issa for squandering his tenure as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by pursuing the IRS scandal and other "fanciful allegations." Published July 9, 2014
Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi to get day in Mexican court after 101 days in custody
Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi has been in captivity in Mexico for 101 days. On Wednesday, the veteran will finally go before a judge to address charges he violated Mexican gun laws by bringing three registered firearms into the country. Published July 9, 2014
