By
Melanie Starkey
Vice President Joseph Biden and the Senate’s newest Member made the case Saturday for their parties’ approaches to extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.
By
Jennifer Bendery
President Barack Obama announced Friday that the United States and South Korea have reached an agreement on a revised trade deal that he hopes will clear the path for Congressional approval in the coming months.
By
Daniel Newhauser
An announced women’s bathroom near the House floor will flush the House Appropriations Committee out of its chamber-side digs, Republican aides have confirmed.
By
Jennifer Bendery
President Barack Obama sought to give a morale boost to U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Friday, telling a crowd of nearly 4,000 soldiers in Bagram that the nation is united behind them this holiday season.
By
Steven T. Dennis
A bipartisan majority of President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission backed a sweeping deficit reduction plan Friday, but not enough of the panel’s members voted yes to send the proposal to Congress for consideration.
By
Anna Palmer
Speaker-designate John Boehner announced Friday that Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) will head the House Administration Committee in the 112th Congress.
By
Jennifer Bendery
Democrats and Republicans continued sparring over economic policies Friday as new numbers showed unemployment rising from 9.6 percent to 9.8 percent in November, the highest rate since April.
By
David M. Drucker
President Barack Obama’s furious push for the Senate to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia by month’s end remains jeopardized by Republican opposition and a crowded legislative calendar.
