Senate

All Articles

January 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid the Democratic hand-wringing, Obama continues to court Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only GOP lawmaker to…
January 19, 2010
The first poll since Harold Ford declared his interest in challenging New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gives her a wide,…
January 19, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - In Washington, White House aides and Democratic lawmakers have been hashing out plans to save the health…
January 17, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate…
January 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Black supporters rejected the idea that Reid no longer deserved their support, saying he has already…
January 12, 2010
A Washington lawmaker wants to replace euphemisms like "disadvantaged" and "at-risk" with a new one, "at hope"...
January 12, 2010
Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. is readying for a fight in the race to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in…
January 7, 2010
OPINION - Meet Harold Ford Jr., a former Congressman from Tennessee who has now become the next Barack Obama, at…
December 24, 2009
OPINION - In November, former President Bill Clinton gave Senate Democrats some no-nonsense political advice in regards to health care…
December 24, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Senate has passed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul in a climactic Christmas Eve…
November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. "Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished a Democratic senator for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete"…
November 9, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on…
September 10, 2009
VIDEO - A southern California state lawmaker resigned Wednesday, amid outrage over a videotape that shows him bragging about his…
July 28, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice...
July 16, 2009
The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the…
July 15, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on…
July 14, 2009
President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is on the hotseat before a Senate committee during today's confirmation hearings
June 25, 2009
The U.S. Senate urged President Barack Obama to pardon the late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who was sent to…
June 24, 2009
What are people thinking about the Senate's unanimous decision to apologize for slavery? Was it necessary? Is it enough? The…
June 19, 2009
Watch the full introduction of the resolution by Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of…