Ahead Of Industry Blitz, Obama Takes Message To St. Louis
President Obama heads to St. Louis on Wednesday afternoon for another sleeves-rolled-up speech on the need for health-care reform as industry groups prepare a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign against his signature initiative.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene At State Of Union 'very Troubling'
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has presented the rebuttal argument in Obama v. Supreme Court.
On Health-care Reform, Republicans Target Democrats' Division Over Reconciliation
As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and the Senate.
Massa Investigated For Allegedly Groping Staffers
Not long after Eric Massa joined Congress in January 2009, several male staff members began to feel uncomfortable with the sexually loaded language their boss routinely used, according to accounts relayed to the House ethics committee.
House Democrats Seek To Limit Earmarks To Show Commitment To Ethics
Seeking to reclaim the reform mantle amid a series of scandals, House Democratic leaders are advocating a move that would shake up the multibillion-dollar practice of awarding no-bid contracts known as congressional earmarks.
Obama's Plans For Nasa Changes Met With Harsh Criticism
Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former U.S. senator, is aghast at what President Obama is doing to the space program.
House Ways And Means Chairman Levin Says Job Creation Will Be Top Priority
As he takes the reins of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander M. Levin is vowing to raise the profile of a once-powerful panel that, in recent years, has been overshadowed by the ethics troubles of its previous chairman, Rep. Charles B. Rangel.
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Lawmakers Insist Shower Run-ins Like The One Massa Alleges Are Far From Norm
It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym's shower over his vote against President Obama's budget left Washington watchers wondering how much business politicians conduct while naked.
Republicans Work To Split Democrats, Block Health-care Bill
As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and Senate.
Obama Nominates Robert A. Harding To Lead Tsa
President Obama nominated retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert A. Harding on Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration, selecting someone unknown to the aviation industry and federal unions to lead one of the government's most visible agencies.
Greece Seeks U.s. Help Regulating Speculators
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will seek President Obama's support at the White House on Tuesday for a European campaign to crack down on global financial speculation that critics say has exacerbated Europe's worst debt crisis in decades.
Obama Launches Attack On Health Insurance Companies
The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases as President Obama and his aides enter what they hope will be the final stretch of a year-long political war over health-care reform.
Former Congressman Massa Says Democrats Set Him Up Over Health Care
Conservative activists rallied Monday to the side of a liberal New York Democrat who had resigned from the House, after he charged that his party's leaders had conspired to oust him over his opposition to President Obama's health-care legislation.
Are Unemployment Benefits No Longer Temporary?
Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a generation, and critics are taking aim, saying that the Depression-era program created as a temporary bridge for laid-off workers is turning into an expensive entitlement.
House Liberals Force Vote On Pullout From Afghanistan
Liberals in the House, who have spent much of the past year complaining that other congressional Democrats and the White House are insufficiently progressive, will get a chance this week to vent about one of their biggest concerns: the war in Afghanistan.
Analysis Finds Uneasy Mix In Auto Industry And Regulation
Dozens of former federal officials are playing leading roles in helping carmakers handle federal investigations of auto defects, including those for Toyota's runaway-acceleration problems.
Iowa Governor Faces Tough Reelection As Another State Sours On Incumbents
MASON CITY, IOWA -- Republican Terry Branstad's lines have a familiar ring as he campaigns to return to the governor's office after 11 years away. He blasts the incumbent Democrat for "mismanagement," promising an "economic comeback" and the end of "more government than we can afford."
Filing Deadlines Loom For House Incumbents
Sometimes doing what you say in politics comes as a surprise.
Ethics Clouds Over Rangel And Paterson Are The Talk Of Political Harlem
NEW YORK -- Few will deny that the political landscape here in Harlem has yielded rich and galvanizing story lines. The arcs of those narratives have been taught and shared in classrooms across America.
