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May 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is back on Capitol Hill to meet with senators who are key…
May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said he wants to begin work this year on legislation overhauling the U.S. immigration system,…
May 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday approved trade breaks for Haiti's textile industry, the latest of several actions aimed…
April 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "The energy bill is ready. We will move to that more quickly than a bill we don't…
April 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh off a confrontation with Goldman Sachs executives, Democrats are mounting another effort to police the freewheeling…
April 27, 2010
VIDEO - Democrats are expected to vote again today whether to begin debate on a bill to overhaul the financial…
April 26, 2010
VIDEO - With a showdown vote looming, Democrats are resisting Republican appeals for a broad compromise on financial overhaul legislation…
April 24, 2010
OPINION - Arizona may have taken the option of watch and wait caution off the White House table...
April 20, 2010
VIDEO - Former NFL star Eddie George testified before Congress as a landscape architect and proponent of building urban parks...
April 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia has waited more than two centuries to get a vote in Congress, and…
April 20, 2010
VIDEO - Later this morning, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will tell Congress President Obama wants "shock absorbers" to contain the…
April 13, 2010
New interviews show that a much-viewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time…
April 12, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The son of a legendary New York congressman has announced he will challenge Rep. Charles Rangel...
April 9, 2010
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - "The Tea Party did not run me out," he said in a telephone interview. "If…
April 5, 2010
VIDEO - Allen West, GOP candidate for a Florida Congressional seat, received a surprise endorsement from none other than former…
March 31, 2010
Black lawmakers, including civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), reported that they had been spat on and slurred by…
March 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The legislation will give more needy students access to bigger college Pell Grants and make it easier…
March 25, 2010
VIDEO - "If they want to have that fight, we can have it. Because I don't believe the American people…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti...