‘It’s going to be a grind’ as infrastructure work continues
August 1, 2021
Senate leader Schumer says they get the job done, but obstacles remain.
Debate on Syria gets louder with more questions raised
September 2, 2013
The debate is on as congressional lawmakers begin considering President Barack Obama’s request that they authorize a military strike on Syria to punish the Assad
Mad GOP scramble for Senate seats
December 29, 2010
Less than two months after voters gave Republicans six more Senate seats and control of the House, the GOP is lining up candidates for 2012,
Congress pontificated against earmarks, then then packed bill with pork
December 18, 2010
More than two dozen senators — most of them Republicans — put hundreds of homestate projects in the $1.3 trillion bill to fund the federal
Sessions predicts GOP takeover of House
July 19, 2010
A top Republican lawmaker on Sunday predicted his party would win back the House of Representatives from Democrats in the November mid-term elections, as both
The Sestak bribe offer: Obama’s Watergate?
May 27, 2010
The Obama administration’s apparent attempt to bribe Rep. Joe Sestak with a plum federal appointment if he dropped out of the race against Sen. Arlen
Jim DeMint: Tea Party hero, GOP problem
May 11, 2010
Jim DeMint is becoming something of a tea party hero, even a potential conservative kingmaker, a status that is not making the freshman senator many
Heath care defeat gives GOP a reality check
March 31, 2010
As the Republican party heads into the mid-term elections, some worry that their scorched-earth policy on health care reform could come back and bite them
Senators question sky-high charity salaries
March 12, 2010
A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues