WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Democratic leader says Congress is closer than ever to overhauling the nation's health care system. At a Capitol Hill rally, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the $848 billion, 10-year bill he unveiled hours earlier ...Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal activist. Hamilton was approved on a 59-39 vote and became the eighth of President ...Read More
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting a former chief of naval operations and former Army secretary in charge of a Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings.
"It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings ...Read More
WASHINGTON -After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health care with President Barack Obama and his allies on one side and Republicans, outnumbered but unflinching, on the other. "Now it's America's turn, and ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators vowed on Wednesday not to interfere with a criminal probe of the Fort Hood shootings but said they must move ahead with their own hearing into the rampage.
Joe Lieberman, an independent who heads the ...Read More
What was once the central political battleground for addressing global warming in the United States may be making a comeback. While President Obama and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill continue to focus on legislation covering greenhouse gas emissions across broad sections ...Read More
WASHINGTON—The Senate is marking a new milestone Wednesday when West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd becomes the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history.
"I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320 days," Byrd said in a statement ...Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday adopted the latest in a continuing series of major budget increases to provide medical care for veterans. Story continues below ↓ The move came as the Senate passed, by a rare 100-0 vote, a $134 billion ...Read More
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Banking Committee ChairmanChristopher Dodd said the Senate may pass legislation regulatingbank overdraft fees that goes beyond consumer protections theFederal Reserve announced last week. The banking panel held a hearing today on legislation thatwould prohibit financial companies from ...Read More
New York state legislators remain far apart on a plan to erase the state’s $3.2 billion budget gap. Gov. David Paterson had called an emergency special session for Nov. 16-17, in an effort to prod legislators to finish bargaining a budget-balancing ...Read More
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