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GOP Sen. Bob Corker said that would be the case unless President Obama issues an executive order, something he’s opposed to. The senator on Wednesday also commented on the challenging situation in Syria.

The stance by Michigan Rep. Sander Levin will make it harder for the White House to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership approved by Congress before President Obama leaves office.

Republicans looking to retain the Senate are confident they can do so, no matter who the GOP presidential nominee is. 

Rep. Adam Schiff on Tuesday sized up US operations in that country, as well as the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Libya.

Denis McDonough, the top-ranking White House staffer, also on Wednesday had kudos for Nikki Haley, who delivered the GOP rebuttal to the State of the Union address.

Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Wednesday also urged greater efforts to reach out to the Muslim community to spot signs of self-radicalization.

Sen. John McCain didn't go after Donald Trump explicitly, but he warned Wednesday that a weak Republican nominee could jeopardize GOP control of the Senate. 

Since the Paris attacks, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday, Americans are more likely to back calls for a more aggressive role in the fight against the Islamic State.

"I spend $36.8 billion a year. That buys a lot of potential trust," said Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer for the Department of Defense, at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor on Thursday. 

It plans a huge financial push in 2016 to fill that gap with moderate, business-friendly Republicans.

The federal government runs out of money in 13 days. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, commented on the situation Friday.

Speaking to reporters at a Monitor-hosted lunch Wednesday, UN Ambassador Samantha Power said the total number of refugees the US accepts could exceed the 10,000 requested by President Obama.

Speaking to reporters during a Monitor-hosted breakfast on Tuesday, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell painted a picture of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as an agency that is underfunded and overextended.

The Democratic Party will hold six presidential debates, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC chair, said Thursday.

Pope Francis has spoken out on capitalism, the death penalty, global warming, and migrants' rights. But he is not coming to D.C. this month to participate in politics, the Archbishop of Washington said.

RIchard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, also weighed in on the candidates running for president at a breakfast for reporters hosted by The Christian Science Monitor.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says that President Obama has the votes in Congress to sustain a veto, if Republicans try to block his nuclear agreement with Iran. Also, he says, Alexander Hamilton will retain a place on US currency.

Lincoln Chafee was the only Republican in the US Senate to vote against the Iraq War. Now running for president as a Democrat, he calls Hillary Clinton's vote for the war in 2002 'a colossal lapse in judgment.'

The Transportation Department is looking into whether Delta, American, Southwest, United, and JetBlue 'went beyond the pale' in price hikes after the tragedy, says Secretary Anthony Foxx.

At a Monitor breakfast Tuesday, senior Clinton policy adviser Jake Sullivan pushed back on Republican criticism of Clinton's views on the 'sharing economy.'