
Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for people with ...

Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award
The music industry honored the Library of Congress with a special Grammy Award on Wednesday night for its work over the past decade to preserve ...
Democrat: House budget 'Romney plan on steroids'
The top Democrat on the House Budget Committee says the Republicans' proposed budget is "the Romney plan on steroids." Rep. Chris Van Hollen of ...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" — NBC: Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

THE RESET: Obama can cheer progress on nominations
Although scant progress has been made toward averting deep automatic budget cuts that begin Friday, President Barack Obama can welcome some forward ...
House GOP bill calls attention to Obama on budget
In a legislative dig at President Barack Obama, the GOP-controlled House on passed a bill designed to highlight the fact that he's never offered a ...

Big party for Democrats, quiet reflection for GOP
For many Republicans, this is a good weekend to get away from it all. With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to nation's capital for ...

Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights
Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack ...

Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikes
Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax ...

'Fiscal cliff' leaves Boehner a wounded speaker
John Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him in their "fiscal cliff" ...