Last-minute Senate talks to avert fiscal disaster
December 30, 2012
Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new
Giffords: An unlikely Democratic choice in a conservative state
January 8, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords, one of her state’s most high-profile Democrats, seems at first glance to be an unlikely choice of voters in conservative-leaning southern Arizona. But
Senate gives Obama victory on Start treaty
December 22, 2010
The Senate on Wednesday ratified an arms control treaty with Russia that reins in the nuclear weapons that could plunge the world into doomsday, giving
Obama gets the votes he needs for new arms treaty
December 21, 2010
President Barack Obama locked up enough Senate Republican votes Tuesday to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia that would cap nuclear warheads for
McConnell: We don’t need no stinkin’ Russian nuclear treaty
December 19, 2010
The Senate’s Republican leader said Sunday he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, damaging prospects for President Barack Obama‘s foreign policy priority in
Is a deal near on taxes? That depends…
December 6, 2010
An outline of a bipartisan economic package is emerging that would temporarily extend the Bush-era tax rates for all taxpayers, while extending jobless benefits for
Lame-duck Congress still has a full plate
November 29, 2010
Congress has more than a plateful of leftovers to deal with as lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday. At the top of the pile
Jon Kyl, others ignored Senate ban on earmarks
November 24, 2010
Senate Republicans’ ban on earmarks — money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest — was short-lived. Only
The arms treaty: More hype than facts, more spin than truth
November 19, 2010
In their showdown over the fate of a major arms-control treaty with Russia, Democrats and Republicans are charging each other with undermining national security. So
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