9/2/2010 A look at potential tax hikes read full article...

9/1/2010 Lawmaker says mistakes used to distort her image Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the Texas Democrat who broke scholarship eligibility rules set by a black lawmakers group by awarding about $31,000 to ... read full article...

8/30/2010 Congressman calls meeting with Karzai disturbing A Democratic congressman, just back from Afghanistan, criticized Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for failing to stem corruption infesting h... read full article...

8/26/2010 Conservative Democrat quips that Pelosi might die A conservative Alabama Democrat often criticized for backing Nancy Pelosi as House speaker dodged a question about supporting her again next year b... read full article...

8/26/2010 APNewsBreak: BP's Hayward won't testify next month Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused a request by U.S. senators to testify next month about BP's role in the release of the man convicted of bo... read full article...

8/24/2010 Aide says growth removed from Durbin not cancerous Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin doesn't have cancer. read full article...

8/23/2010 Ex-Sen. Hagel backing Pa.'s Sestak for US Senate Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has broken ranks in the past with the GOP, gave Democrat Joe Sestak his second major endorsement... read full article...

8/23/2010 SPIN METER: GOP hot, cold on Constitution Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia won his seat in Congress campaigning as a strict defender of the Constitution. He carries a copy in his pocke... read full article...

8/19/2010 New senators want to change way Senate works Those who hold the Senate in low esteem can get a sympathetic ear from some of the chamber's newer members. These lawmakers also are fed up with th... read full article...

8/18/2010 Pelosi raises questions on mosque funding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports questioning who is funding the opposition to a proposed Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 t... read full article...