Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
WASHINGTON — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading ...
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D.C. Week: Tavenner OK'd by Senate
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In an otherwise rough week politically for President Obama, the president did score a victory when his latest nominee ...
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Senate filibuster showdown will take time, says Reid's office
Does he mean it this time? The threats from Harry Reid to go nuclear on Senate rules reform have coalesced behind three nominations that he plans to ...
Senate group hopes bipartisan support will help immigration bill
The bipartisan Senate group behind a comprehensive immigration bill is working privately to satisfy concerns raised by Sen. Orrin G.
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Greg Sargent: Harry Reid eyeing July for the `nuclear option'
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called "nuclear option" and revisit ...
For GOP, scandals could be an electoral plus - or minus
A series of scandals in Washington could help Republicans make gains in 2014, GOP strategists say, but the challenge is to not ...
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King: Republicans dig in for long haul on Benghazi
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Greg Sargent: The Morning Plum: GOP leaders urge caution amid scandal-mania. Will GOP base listen?
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Food aid reform is running into trouble in Congress
One of the attention-grabbing ideas in the White House's 2014 budget was a big overhaul of the $1.4 billion U.S. food aid program.
Brazile: Pointing a gun at democracy
Donna Brazile says we're endangering our democracy with extremism, as shown by the IRS and Justice Department witch hunts.
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House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in ...
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10 Questions for the Tax Men of Congress
John Harwood sat down with the chairmen of the House and Senate tax-writing committees, Representative Dave Camp, Republican of Michigan, and Senator ...