Sen. Elizabeth Warren D-MA again highlighted her opposition to the Omnibus by focusing on a change in rules dealing with derivatives from the Wall Street Reform law.
Before the House Oversight Committee, MIT professor Jonathan Gruber apologized for making "insenstive" remarks about how the Obama health law was approved, but defended the underlying aim of the law.
Republicans on Thursday voted to rebuke President Obama's executive actions on immigration, approving a bill that would block such unilateral moves by the White House.
Asked about calls by some Republicans to use year-end spending bills to limit the President's recent executive actions on immigration, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said such a plan woul...
President Obama weighed in on the decision of a grand jury in Missouri not to file charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.
After less than two years on the job, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel handed in his resignation, telling a White House gathering that the post had been the "greatest privilege of my life."
Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are determining how to move forward on immigration in the wake of President Obama's executive actions that will allow some five million people in the U.S. ille...
Speaker John Boehner rejected the executive actions set out by President Obama on Thursday night, accusing the President of sabotaging efforts in the Congress on immigration reform.
With President Obama ready to unveil executive actions on immigration, Sen. Bill Nelson D-FL said he wasn't worried about conflict in Congress over the Obama plans, arguing it's time for the White ...
In a video posted on Facebook by the White House, President Obama says he will speak to the nation on Thursday night about his exeuctive actions on immigration.
Joining other newly-elected lawmakers in Washington, D.C., Republican Barry Loudermilk of Georgia says he's not only getting his office set up, but also trying to get ready for the issues that will...
After winning election to the U.S. House, Democrat Seth Moulton of Massachusetts was one of almost 60 new House members who came to Washington, D.C. for freshmen orientation.
As the lame duck Congress returned to work, some like Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) were getting ready for next year, as Lankford moves to the Senate after winning a special election in Oklahoma to fi...
As the Congress returned for a lame duck session, Republicans were all smiles about their recent election victories, as Senate GOP Leader McConnell met with newly elected Republican Senators
President Obama said at his post-election news conference that if the Congress does not act on immigration reform in coming weeks, then he will take action before the end of the year.
On the last day of campaigning, Rep. Bruce Braley D-IA urged his backers to forget about the polls, as he said his race would be like Truman defeating Dewey
At a Sunday rally in the suburbs of Kansas City, independent candidate Greg Orman expressed confidence that he can defeat veteran Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
At an election preview forum at the American Enterprise Institute, political analyst John Fortier says he's not sure it is wise to dive deeply into early voting numbers.
The re-election race of Rep. Nick Rahall D-WV is one of a number of "toss-up" races in the U.S. House for November. This video of Rahall was from a forum hosted (and videotaped) by the Huntington ...
CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden was repeatedly pressed on a travel ban to deal with Ebola at a House hearing. Here is part of his exchange with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA).
McCain tangled with Obama Administration officials over restrictions on members of Congress when they visit facilities holding kids apprehended at the southern US border
Not only are there missing emails at the IRS, but also at the EPA, as Congress was told by the EPA chief that the agency is doing all it can to get data off a crashed computer hard drive of a forme...
Rep. Jeff Miller R-FL questions VA witness about ratings of VA executives, which never are below "Fully Successful" for the past four years, even with demonstrated instances of VA mismanagement.