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Julie Hirschfeld Davis, who covers Capitol Hill for The Associated Press, has won the National Press Foundation's 2009 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress by a print reporter.
Former President Bill Clinton plans to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss health care legislation with Senate Democrats.
President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.
Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.
President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, host a Veterans Day breakfast in the East Room before traveling to Arlington National Cemetery.
President Barack Obama is pushing back a trip to Capitol Hill aimed at discussing the proposed health care overhaul with lawmakers.
Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.
Arguing that sports leagues' drug programs could be "gutted" if not protected from individual states' laws, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked Congress on Tuesday to intervene with legislation and found at least one powerful ally.
After testifying for several hours on Capitol Hill and defending how the NFL handles current and retired players with head injuries, commissioner Roger Goodell recalled suffering a concussion himself in high school.
President Barack Obama has sought to kill several high-priced weapons systems. Here's how he's faring on Capitol Hill on the most controversial items:
The Senate on Thursday approved a bill to basically freeze spending on energy and water projects next year after pouring tens of billions of dollars into them as part of last winter's economic stimulus plan.
Liberal Democrats struggled Thursday to give states new powers to protect consumers from fraud and abuse, but banks may be able to nix the idea when a financial overhaul bill reaches the House floor.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is "ultimately responsible" for regulators' failure to rein in massive bonus payments at American International Group because he led the agencies that provided AIG's lifelines, according to a bailout watchdog.
President Barack Obama pushed back against critics of his health care plan on Saturday with a stern warning that absent reform, costs will continue to rise and eventually devastate the U.S. economy.
The top Senate Democrat says lawmakers of both parties assured President Barack Obama on Tuesday that they will rally behind whatever decision he makes on Afghanistan.
Retailers and the credit card industry are engaged in an increasingly nasty — and public — fight over the fees retailers are charged every time a customer pays with plastic.
The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging that it buckled to "extreme" pressure from Capitol Hill in its approval of a knee repair device last year. While FDA officials call the situation an anomaly, experts said Friday there is nothing to stop similar political lobbying from influencing future decisions.
A deal that united two publications focused on Congress and its political battles is sending more reporters and editors to the nation's unemployment line.
The senators who are debating Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus's bill this week are trying to walk a fine line: how to cut spending on Medicare Advantage, while not alienating the seniors in their own states who are happy with the plans.
NCAA basketball coaches who are sometimes rivals on the court came united to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to push for quick approval of health care reform.
About 50 children of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be given a medal from the nation's top military official at a Capitol Hill remembrance ceremony honoring the slain warfighters and their families.
The latest health overhaul plan circulating on Capitol Hill gives health insurers, drug makers and large employers reasons to heave sighs of relief, sparing them the higher costs and more burdensome rules included in other Democratic-written alternatives.
NASA's weakened return-to-the-moon program got a lift Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.
Conservative concedes again in N.Y. House raceThe Conservative Party candidate concedes a race in upstate New York for a U.S. House of Representatives seat for the second time, saying he doesn't have enough votes.
Senator's affair revealed in text messageA Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.
Obama reviewing options to spur jobsThe White House said on Monday it was reviewing options to spur economic activity and job creation, but stressed any action would be taken in the context of the fiscal challenges facing the country.
Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns This juxtaposition of investments and policy has become more common as stock ownership has soared on Capitol Hill over the past two decades.
Obama faces congressional anger about economyGrowing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Senate confirms controversial judgeThe 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.
Facts about the Senate health planRead major provisions of the health insurance overhaul proposed by Senate Majority leader Harry Reid.
Senate panel passes food safety reform billA Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-profile recalls that have soured consumer confidence in the food safety system.
Byrd now longest-serving member of CongressThe Senate paid tribute Wednesday to the longest serving lawmaker in U.S. congressional history, a milestone marked with tributes and a special resolution.
Congress salutes Byrd's serviceThe Senate is a resolutely superlative place, so it was resolved that the august body on Wednesday will open its session by saluting Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Congress' longest-serving member.
GOP weekly address picks on health strategyDemocrats missed opportunities to improve the health care bill that passed the House of Representatives, a Republican lawmaker says Saturday in his party's weekly address.
Lost in all the hand-wringing of the Fort Hood terrorist attack is the stark reality that, like it or lump it, Muslims (Mohammedans, Barbary Pirates, Musselmen, Saladins, Tripolitanians, Mahometans, Ottoman Corsairs, and whatever else they've been called down the centuries) have …
Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation, numerous Democratic officials said.
House Roll Call: How they voted on health careThe 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill.
2010 elections: Democratic fears, GOP hopesNervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections.
Thank goodness for government run health care on Capitol HillAbout 20 minutes into yesterday's right-wing rally on the Hill in opposition to health care reform, one of the protestors suffered a heart attack. Fortunately, as Dana Milbank reported, medical professionals were able to respond quickly.
GOP senators boycott climate bill discussionSenate Republicans boycotted a committee debate Tuesday on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill's costs have not been fully examined.
Third party runs are for real in N.J., N.Y. racesThird party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters.
BBC NEWS | Americas | The new lobbyists vying for US attentionWhile US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Islamabad highlighted the often bumpy relationship between the United States and Pakistan, the BBC's Diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus reports on the struggle between the Indian and Pakistani lobbies for influence in …
Senate, White House reach deal on shield lawSenate supporters of a bill protecting a reporter's right to protect confidential sources in federal court said Friday they've reached a compromise with the Obama administration and media groups.
House passes temporary spending measureThe U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stopgap funding measure to keep the government running through December 18.
Congress honors former Sen. BrookeFormer Sen. Edward Brooke receives the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award Congress has to honor civilians for achievements and contributions to society.
Long-term health care program gains in HouseHouse health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.
'Die quickly' Democrat apologizes for remarkThe Florida Democrat who said Republicans want sick people to "die quickly" is apologizing again for his inflammatory rhetoric, this time for insulting a senior Federal Reserve adviser.
Senate hearing kicks off climate billTop Obama administration officials head to Capitol Hill today in hopes of making a case for aggressive action against climate change.
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