If Republicans can take advantage of the prevailing political winds to reassert control at the state level this year, that could in turn provide an opening for the GOP to win back the White House in 2012

Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he won't step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee after being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean

By the end of the bipartisan gathering, it was clear that the two parties have fundamentally different views of how to go about fixing the nation's health care system

Working with the White House but still at odds with Democrats, Lieberman tries to overcome the past

Congress and the President have powers to fix what ails government, Congress has oversight and investigative authority, and inspectors general root out waste and abuse. Too bad these tools often suffer from partisanship, indifference and incompetence

Rep. Charles Rangel, the most powerful tax-writing lawmaker in Congress and a 40-year veteran of Capitol Hill, acknowledged Thursday that an ethics panel has accused him of accepting Caribbean trips from a corporation in violation of House rules

President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV

The issue of abortion has been off the radar lately, but it has the potential to throw a monkey wrench into any possible health care bill

As Harry Reid showed with the scaled-down, $15 billion jobs bill, if Democrats take smaller bites, legislation goes down easier

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that record-low interest rates are still needed to ensure that the economic recovery will last

Not even counting two wars, the U.S. continues to spend more and more on the military. Why?

In theory, it's a way to bring government back to the people. In practice, it doesn't quite work out that way

The Democrats may still be able to pass health care reform. But if the GOP prevails, it will hand Obama a stunning defeat that could set the tone for the 2010 midterm elections

One way to end the gridlock on Capitol Hill is to call the Republican Party's bluff on blocking legislation by filibuster

President Obama's critics only have it half right. His presidency is in crisis. But it isn't too late to turn things around

President Barack Obama will propose giving federal authorities the power to limit rate hikes by health insurance companies -- part of a new health care overhaul plan he will unveil Monday in a last-ditch bid to salvage his signature issue

The traditional occasion for Republicans and Democrats to work together is when they have left office

Where Democrats see Obama's visits as a way to build up a flagging campaign, opponents are working to tether those candidates to a President who looms as the most visible face in a virulently anti-incumbent cycle

Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth said Friday he will run for Evan Bayh's Indiana Senate seat

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, at 86 the nation's second oldest U.S. senator, has curable lymphoma of the stomach, his office said Friday