WASHINGTON – Food safety legislation that passed the Senate by a commanding margin is now threatened by a procedural snafu that could give Republicans opportunity to block...

The White House will announce Wednesday afternoon that it won't allow offshore oil drilling for at least 7 years in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific co...

Senate Republicans will block controversial legislation during the lame-duck Congress until a deal on tax cuts is worked out, according to a letter signed by every GOP senator....

A bill giving federal regulators broad new powers over food safety passed the Senate on Tuesday, marking the first big response in Congress to contamination scares in recent yea...

Republicans and Democrats appear content to end the 111th Congress the way it started, by following a “change” election with a round of fiercely partisan fighting ov...

The Senate on Monday refused to reduce paperwork required of businesses as part of President Obama's new health-care law.

The provision is opposed by lawmakers of both p...

Washington - The Senate is scheduled to vote Nov. 29 on whether to repeal a health care reform provision that would force businesses to file dozens - if not hundreds - more form...

A faction of congressional Democrats is making a push to persuade President Obama to consider a compromise on tax policy that would leave only the nation's 315,000 richest house...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun drafting more than 100 rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act with a vacancy atop the office that helps ensure its regulation...

Anti-tax and family advocacy groups are pressuring lawmakers not to breathe new life into the "death tax" — a levy on personal fortunes that was taken off the books this y...

The unemployment rate in North Dakota is 3.7 percent, and “if it wasn’t for cable news, we probably wouldn’t have any idea that the rest of the country was any...

Members of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council responded to the call for "jobs, jobs, jobs" from voters and politicians this election year with a clear retort of their own:

Congressional Republicans are touting plans to repeal the Obama Administration's health care reform law, but face wariness for a full rollback from a key constituency: the busin...

In a triumph for Hollywood industry groups, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted in favor of a bill aiming to crack down on rogue websites that offer pirated American...

WASHINGTON — Just in time to dash holiday cheer, a set of recently unveiled debt-reduction plans underscore how huge are the fiscal challenges facing the U.S. They also ma...