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Frustrated with the pace of bipartisan talks, Democratic leaders on Monday promised to push a sweeping health care bill through the Senate whether they get Republican support or not.
President Barack Obama has irked close allies in Congress by declaring he has the right to ignore legislation on constitutional grounds after having criticized George W. Bush for doing the same.
Metro officials say 6-car commuter train collides with another train, derails near Washington
President Barack Obama's penchant for last-minute demands, and a rebellion by liberal allies over his efforts to block the release of detainee abuse photos, have combined to sidetrack his bill to pay for an expanded war in Afghanistan as well as continuing military operations in Iraq.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much. But each party signaled Friday it thinks it can benefit from further disclosures about harsh CIA interrogations of terror suspects several years ago.
Congressional Democrats turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Tuesday to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.
Congress has wrapped up work on a compromise $3.4 trillion budget outline aimed at helping advance President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda despite staggering government deficits.
House and Senate passage of companion budget plans gave President Barack Obama and his Capitol Hill allies a key victory, but the debates also exposed vulnerabilities in the president's agenda.
Reassuring House Democrats that "we are in this together," President Barack Obama predicted that unity will help their party maintain its high standing with the public as they pursue an ambitious agenda in the face of economic turmoil.
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday blamed "the incompetence" of the Bush administration after an undercover investigation showed the Labor Department regularly mishandled worker complaints about unpaid wages and other labor violations.
Congressional Democrats vowed Tuesday to all but strip AIG executives of their $165 million in bonuses as expressions of outrage swelled in Congress over eye-catching extra income for employees of a firm that has received billions in taxpayer bailout funds.
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says that President Barack Obama lacks the votes to see his budget plan for next year passed by Congress, at least in its current form.
A top item on the Democratic agenda, legislation making it easier to challenge pay discrimination in the workplace, progressed in the Senate Thursday.
President-elect Barack Obama received a rude welcome to Washington on Sunday as congressional Democrats dashed his hopes for a speedy response to the worst economic crisis in decades.
Congressional Democrats and the White House are discussing creation of a so-called "car czar" to oversee the restructuring of struggling Big Three automakers seeking government loans. General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have said they will seek the short-term loans while Ford Motor Co. has said it does not plan to ask for the assistance but would need to submit plans to the czar to qualify for a $9 billion line of credit if market conditions deteriorate.
Emergency aid for the nation's imperiled auto industry was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday, opposed by Republicans who were revolting against a hard-fought deal between Democrats and the Bush White House to speed $14 billion to ailing carmakers.
Congressional Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama are laying the groundwork for quick enactment in January of a giant, two-year economic rescue package that will total about a half-trillion dollars.
A bill to rescue the troubled auto industry with $25 billion in emergency loans inched forward Friday when Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will begin debate Monday and hold a test vote two days later. Supporters scrambled for votes to break an expected filibuster.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers agreed Thursday to the outlines of a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry that makes several substantial changes to President Bush's request. Key Republicans were still resisting the emerging agreement. Here are its main elements:
Congressional Democrats for the first time named names Wednesday in their investigation of formaldehyde-contaminated travel trailers provided by FEMA to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, charging that manufacturers knew but did not disclose that the units were emitting high levels of the toxic gas that could sicken inhabitants.
Congressional Democrats want to ban Pentagon propaganda on the Iraq war, but they are likely to find that enforcement is easier said than done.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it didn't go far enough and would serve only as political cover for the GOP presidential candidate.
Homeowners buckling under their mortgage payments would be allowed to refinance into more affordable government-backed loans under a proposal introduced by a House committee chairman Thursday.
Congressional Democrats are taking a closer look at the U.S. missile defense program, partly in an effort to pare down its high price tag.
Congressional Democrats are turning to more populist, economic themes like mortgage foreclosures and big oil companies' profits now that military progress in Iraq is generating mixed political reviews.
The Audacity of Dissent - Democrats and the White House try to silence growing grassroots opposition to ObamaCareCall them community organizers. All across the country, Americans alarmed by the Obama administration's proposed overhaul of health care have been coming together to vent their concerns in town-hall meetings and protests.
Two Sides Take Health Care Debate Outside WashingtonWith Republicans mobilizing against the proposed health care overhaul, President Obama, Congressional Democrats and leading advocacy groups are laying the groundwork for an August offensive against the insurance industry as part of a coordinated campaign to sell the public on the …
OH-Sen: Voinovich lashes out at his regional rump partyexcerpt: ""Retiring Sen. George Voinovich lets loose. Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP's downfall, one of their retiring Republican colleagues complained Monday.
Democrats Scramble to Cut Costs From Health Plan The high cost of securing health insurance for all Americans, the top domestic priority of President Obama, has Congressional Democrats scrambling to scale back their proposals or find ways to trim tens of billions of dollars a year from existing health programs.
Obama's Worst Nightmare: Congressional DemocratsWhy are Democrats undermining President Obama? It's easy to understand why Rush Limbaugh is hoping Obama will fail.
Obama, Left Wing 'Plan to 'Target Religious Broadcasters'Democratic plans to revive government censorship of the radio and TV airways will strike hardest at religious broadcasters who stand in the way of a liberal social revolution.
Obama Would, In Fact, Govern From The Left . . .But so extensive a list of flip-flops, all in the past few weeks, begs the basic question: Was he lying before when he was a liberal, or is he prevaricating now?
Democrats Face a Shock in November '08: They Could Lose For Congressional Democrats, the train has already left the station--and they're not on board. A year after the election that gave them control of both houses of Congress, they are exposed as a feckless bunch of frauds posing as an opposition.
If Republicans Won't Allow a Vote on Habeas Corpus, Don't Allow a Vote on MukaseyNow President Bush and Senate Republicans want a quick Senate vote to confirm Bush's nominee Michael Mukasey as Attorney General to replace the disgraced Alberto Gonzales.
Democrats turn to traditional issues Congressional Democrats rode anti-war sentiment to victory last fall — but they are staking their success in the final months of this year's calendar on more traditional domestic issues amid concern that the war may not be the potent political issue it once was by Election Da …
Independent panel sees progress by Iraqi ArmyThis is an interesting article about how an independent panel set up by congress (i.e., the democratic majority) has now also concluded that the "surge" is working. Democratic congressional leaders immediately distanced themselves from their own report.
Bush Vacates Supreme Court DecisionPresident Bush has vacated a 1974 Supreme Court ruling made in the wake of Watergate.
Approval of Congress lowest in a decade - Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — Fueled by disappointment at the pace of change since Democrats assumed the majority on Capitol Hill, public approval of Congress has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
Our Disgusting, Sickening, Impenetrable National NarcissismSo to Kos, Joan Walsh (who believes that Michael Tomasky's analysis -- this analysis -- is "smart"), and everyone else who mouths the same empty platitudes, the identical fundamentally false and thoroughly conventional phrases that spring from a perspective drenched in "American …
For a party with a mandate and a majority in both Congressional Houses, the Democrats certainly aren't acting the part.
Abstinence doesn't work...Dems Vow to end funding at last!!WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats say they will pull the plug on abstinence-only sex education when a $50 million grant expires on June 30, a move sparking outrage among social conservative groups.
Congressional Democrats Spell Reform: CA$H"Washington looks pretty much the same as it always did," said Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation, despite Democratic promises of reform.Campaign finance records made public this week show Democratic congressional campaign committees taking in substantially more in contribut …
Generation Democrat: Democrats Hold 30 Point Lead In Voters Under 30Forty-five percent (45%) of American voters say they would currently vote for the Democrat in their district while 35% would pull the voting lever for a Republican.
Subprime bailouts would get costly - Apr. 13, 2007NEW YORK (Money) -- Want to pick up the check for every homeowner who got saddled with a risky mortgage? It's a big one - on the order of $120 billion.
Congressional dhimmicrats, inadvertently or not, are aiding islamo-fascismInstead of insisting that terrorists actually pay the price for their actions, the beholden-to-leftists-for-their-financial-support Congressional Democrats (and their attendant RINOs) have again voted against the United States of America and in favor of Islamo-fascism.
Are We Politicians or Citizens? We who protest the war are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.
Dangerous DemagogueryOne of the dangers in being a demagogue is that some of your own supporters -- those who take you literally -- can turn against you when you start letting your actions be influenced by realities, instead of following the logic of your ringing rhetoric.
Opinion: Will the world hear Hillary, or Just see the Big Foot in her mouth?Congressional Democrats are in full cry over the news this week that the Administration's decision to fire eight U.S. Attorneys originated from--gasp--the White House.
"How To Kill Americans In 10 Days Or Your Money Back," by Congressional DemocratsIf you are a terrorist, you have got to love the Democrats in charge of Congress. They are so interested in selling out the Bush administration, they are in the process of making it painfully easy for terrorists to kill us.
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