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Washington Examiner - Byron York
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
The defense spending bill approved by the U.S. House on Wednesday night included some provisions by members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation.
The most important one for the state was authored by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, to prevent the potential furlough next year of thousands of Oklahoma civilians who work for the Defense Department.
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
After fierce debate over the limits of domestic spying, the House on Wednesday voted to protect the federal government's ability to collect phone records and other data related to U.S. citizens who aren't suspected of terrorism.
Government Executive - Kellie Lunney
The House on Wednesday passed a major spending bill that includes a 1.8 percent pay raise for service members in 2014.
The fiscal 2014 Defense Appropriations Act does not include funding for a civilian pay increase next year. The bill passed 315-109.
WORLD Magazine - J.C. Derrick
Congressional Republicans are putting a full-court press on the White House to delay the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act—otherwise known as Obamacare.
This week, the GOP-controlled House passed two bills, including one that would put off until the start of 2015 the requirement that all Americans have health insurance. Under current law, any person without health insurance on Jan. 1, 2014, must pay a fine.
Washington Examiner - Conn Carroll
A united House Republican caucus passed two bills delaying key parts of President Obama’s health care law Wednesday, demonstrating that House Republican leaders are not dependent on Democratic votes for high profile legislation.
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Washington Times - Tom Howell Jr.
Republicans are scratching their heads over the White House’s decision this month to announce a major change to President Obama’s health care law through a pair of blog posts.
The Treasury and White House announced on July 2 that it would delay by one year, to 2015, the mandate in the Affordable Care Act that requires companies with the equivalent of 50 or more full-time workers to provide health coverage or pay fines.
The Hill - Russell Berman, Molly K. Hooper and Erik Wasson
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urged their House Republican colleagues to pass immigration reform legislation in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, with the Speaker arguing his conference would be “in a much weaker position” if it failed to act.
A divided House Republican conference met for more than two hours in the basement of the Capitol to begin hashing out a response to the sweeping immigration bill the Senate passed last month.
Roll Call - Steven T. Dennis
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the president’s record on border security Wednesday and dismissed concerns raised by members of both parties over the legality of delaying the employer health care mandate of the Affordable Care Act for a year.
Washington Post - Sean Sullivan
Call it open mic day in the House GOP conference.
Republicans are set to huddle behind closed doors Wednesday afternoon to discuss the politically complicated issue of immigration. What to expect in the meeting? Some pretty stark differences in opinion in a group that has mostly refused to march in lockstep on a variety of other fronts.
“I think the leadership will benefit very much from hearing from the members,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.