08/03/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for US House of Representatives

• Senators push expanded tax breaks for donated food _{2013-08-03, 10:15 am}
  Tax incentives should be expanded to prompt restaurants, grocery stores and farmers to donate excess food to the hungry and cut into the estimated 70 billion pounds of food that goes to waste each year, U.S. senators including Patrick Leahy say in proposing such an expansion.
• Opinion: the political comeback _{2013-07-25, 05:22 pm}
  Throughout American history, scandals and politics have become almost synonymous with one another.
• US threat 'at highest since 9/11' _{2011-02-09, 12:14 pm}
  The threat of terrorism against the US homeland is in some aspects "at its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said.
• NYC in Arizona gun show 'sting' _{2011-02-01, 09:58 am}
  A New York City investigator bought pistols at an Arizona gun fair despite declaring he was "probably" barred by law from gun ownership, a report says.
• Senators push expanded tax breaks for donated food _{2013-08-03, 10:10 am}
  Tax incentives should be expanded to prompt restaurants, grocery stores and farmers to donate excess food to the hungry and cut into the estimated 70 billion pounds of food that goes to waste each year, U.S. senators including Patrick Leahy say in proposing such an expansion.
• Cooler Heads Digest 2 August 2013 _{2013-08-03, 10:06 am}
  Thanks to advances in drilling technology, U.S. oil and gas production set a number of records in 2012, according to a new analysis by the Independent Petroleum Association of America .
• Republican Party of NH - Weekly Newsletter _{2013-08-03, 10:05 am}
  The NHGOP is doing everything in its power to protect the integrity of Granite State ballot boxes, but in order for us to keep up the fight, we need additional resources.
• VT Sen. Says Bloomberg's Gun Ads 'Didn't Help a Bit' _{2013-08-03, 10:05 am}
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., pointed some of the blame for the failed Senate debate over comprehensive background checks at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who dedicated millions of dollars to eviscerating senators who opposed such legislation.
• Congress Takes Another Vacation While Nation's Business Awaits _{2013-08-03, 10:04 am}
  There was a mad dash in Washington Friday: members of Congress streaming out of the Capitol, grabbing their bags and heading to the airport for a five-week vacation.
• Lindsey Graham Taking Heat from Another Primary Challenge on the Right _{2013-08-03, 10:04 am}
  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is getting another challenge from the right. Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from the military college The Citadel, will announce her candidacy Saturday in her hometown of Goose Creek, S.C. Mace, 35, said she would not do interviews until after the event, but confirmed to ABC News Friday that she intends to ... (more)
• House votes to block IRS enforcement of Obamacare _{2013-08-03, 10:04 am}
  It's a symbolic gesture, of course. The Senate will ignore it. But it's interesting because the GOP is sticking it to the IRS for both their involvement in Obamacare and the targeting scandal.
• Republicans go on attack _ against others in GOP _{2013-08-03, 09:58 am}
  The barbs are personal, the differences are multiplying among Republicans, a party divided over spending, foreign policy, a willingness to risk a government shutdown in order to defund the health care law and more.
• Congress: Divided, discourteous _ taking a break _{2013-08-03, 09:58 am}
  The accomplishments are few, the chaos plentiful in the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government now beginning a five-week break.
• William T... _{2013-08-03, 09:53 am}
  William Thomas Smith, beloved father, poppy, friend and unwavering Kentucky Wildcats fan, went on "eternal patrol" Monday, July 29th, following a heroic seven-month battle to recover from a catastrophic spinal injury.
• U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, candidate for US Senate. Tom Spader/Asbury Park Press_{2013-08-03, 09:53 am}
  The four Democrats seeking New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat in a special election are scheduled to appear in debates together for the first time.
• Conway Threatens To Sue Feds Over Paducah Plant _{2013-08-03, 09:52 am}
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway threatened Friday to sue the U.S. Department of Energy if its cleanup of a uranium enrichment plant falls behind schedule, keeping up pressure from state leaders to hasten the work and find a new operator for the Cold War-era facility that's being shut down.
• House OKs 40th repeal attempt _{2013-08-03, 09:51 am}
  In its last action before a five-week summer recess, the House took another jab at President Barack Obama's health-care law yesterday, voting to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing or carrying out any provision of the law.
• Rep. Issa accuses IRS of obstructing investigation _{2013-08-03, 09:50 am}
  A GOP lawmaker accused the Internal Revenue Service of obstructing congressional investigations into the agency's targeting of tea party groups, a charge the head of the IRS denied.
• Stretch run in NJ Senate election brings debates _{2013-08-03, 09:49 am}
  The four Democrats seeking New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat in a special election are scheduled to appear in debates together for the first time.
• Weiner getting hit where he lives _{2013-08-03, 09:43 am}
  Anthony Weiner's increasingly pathetic campaign for mayor of New York is spawning hilarious mockery on the streets of New York.