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Today, the Congressional Oversight Panel -- the independent watchdog that oversees the Obama administration’s Troubled Asset Relief Program -- issued a report

After a legislative year chock full of big accomplishments, The New York Times reports that Democrats are looking to go small in the lead-up to midterm

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the congressman who shouted you lie during President Obama’s health care address to Congress, was probably the biggest hero at

Politico’s David Rogers has the story of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the powerful head of the House Appropriations defense subpanel, is in intensive care in

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag -- who was as involved as anyone with the drafting of the budget outline President Obama rolled out this

It looks like BP’s embattled CEO, Tony Hayward, will be stepping down. And he’ll probably be replaced by Robert Dudley, who would be the first American to take

They want to kill you; they want to kill me; they want to kill our families, said the chief steward for the union representing workers at Standish Maximum

On June 15, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began an intensified round of employer audits, notifying 1,000 businesses across the country that they

It appears that way. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) summoned members of the doctors lobby to Capitol Hill Wednesday evening for an update on the

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), one of the GOP’s leading voices against liberal media bias -- he heads the Congressional Media Fairness Caucus and keynoted this

Republicans are having a good time today looking over the wreckage of what Democrats once hoped could be serious re-election challenges for Rep. Pete Sessions

No real surprise that progressive Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) would be appalled by the inspectors general report on warrantless surveillance, but this is news

Last night, Congress passed -- and President Obama signed into law -- legislation that provides a short-term benefit extension for the long-term unemployed. The

The senior Republican on the Banking Committee and senior senator from Alabama, who is blocking lauded economist Peter Diamond from joining the Federal Reserve

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – “These folks are shameless!” thundered Sen. Barack Obama, after listing his Republican opponents’ distortions and economic plans.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced a little while ago that he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation when the Senate Judiciary

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan told Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) this afternoon that she believes the death penalty is now settled law and that she has