All Posts Tagged With: "House Republicans"

Senate Leaders Reach Compromise on Student Loan

June 27th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Senate leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached a compromise, which will keep most student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent for another year. If they failed to reach a deal, the rates on student loans could have doubled on Sunday. It is still unclear how the House Republicans will react to the deal reached [...]

House to Vote on Contempt against Holder

June 12th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
The House Oversight Committee has decided to vote Wednesday June 20, on whether to hold Eric Holder the Attorney General in contempt of Congress. It is only the fourth time in the past 30 years that Congress will launch an action of contempt against a member of the executive branch. The recent dispute stems from [...]