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A funeral is being held in New York City for the husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
The daughter of a congresswoman from Michigan has been sentenced to probation for driving while visibly impaired and assaulting a police officer.
A prominent U.S. congresswoman called on Wednesday for a better-funded, systemic approach to fighting hunger in Haiti following an Associated Press report that child malnutrition is worsening.
California Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez is pregnant with her first child.
An Ohio Democrat elected earlier this month to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has also won a special congressional election in Cleveland to fill the final weeks of Tubbs Jones' unexpired term.
A California congresswoman whose house temporarily went into foreclosure has paid up the delinquent home loans, she said Friday.
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she regrets using the term "anti-American" while discussing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's views, a remark that could threaten her re-election bid.
A suburban Cleveland mayor will run unopposed in a special election to finish the term of the late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio suffered broken ribs and vertebrae when she was struck by a car while jogging last week, but the damage wasn't discovered until after she fainted from pain on an overseas trip, her spokesman said Monday.
Democratic leaders on Thursday selected the mayor of a suburban Cleveland town to replace the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be among the speakers at a memorial service Saturday for the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of the Cleveland area.
A former president and a presidential hopeful were among those who paid tribute Saturday to the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first black congresswoman who was remembered as a pioneering spirit, loyal friend and dedicated public servant.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has ordered a special election Nov. 18 to replace the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
Like many voters in this port city and the gritty urban areas of Rep. Laura Richardson's political turf, Johnetta Walker is disenchanted with the lawmaker whose meteoric rise has been marked with personal financial failures.
Tributes from political allies and even one-time enemies came pouring in for Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a trailblazer whose energy and outspokenness made her one of Congress' most dynamic leaders.
Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who had suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving in suburban Cleveland.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after having a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic official said.
A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.
South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is expecting her first child in late December.
For a dozen years, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has routinely defeated all opponents in the Detroit-area congressional district she represents.
An investor who bought a congresswoman's foreclosed home filed a lawsuit against the legislator and her bank for rescinding the sale.
California Rep. Laura Richardson claimed Friday that her Sacramento, Calif., home was sold into foreclosure without her knowledge and contrary to an agreement with her lender.
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand from New York gave birth Thursday to a healthy baby boy, a day after voting on a major piece of legislation. The delivery makes her the sixth woman to have a child while a member of Congress.
Veteran Oregon Rep. Darlene Hooley said Thursday she will not run for re-election.
Rep. Nita Lowey has been released from a hospital, having recovered from a "minor" heart problem, her spokesman said Wednesday.
Michele Bachmann Urges People to 'Pay a House Call' on Congress to Protect Health Care BillWhile the arthur of this article believes that this nutty congresswoman rhetoric will go on until someone gets hurt or killed, the author don't believe that's here intent. I disagree with that part of the arguement with the author because I think that's exactly what she wants.
Israel to deport Gaza activists Israel says it will expel eight pro-Palestinian activists detained at sea last week as they tried to ferry aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade. Nobel peace laureate Mairead Maguire and former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney are among the detainees.
Pelosi Lied - Pelosi KNEW! Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months …
Harman Says She's the Victim in Wiretapping Controversy - TIMECalifornia Congresswoman Jane Harman, under scrutiny for allegedly pledging in a 2005 phone call to try and help two former officials of an Israeli lobbying group accused of conspiring to pass classified information, told TIME on Tuesday that she is not worried about her fate.
Republican Congresswoman Hangs Up on Obama. Twice.On Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn't believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice.
FOXNews.com - Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies After Suffering AneurysmEAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died, FOX News confirms.
NPR : Congresswoman Advocates for Transgender RightsA House committee is considering an employment anti-discrimination bill that includes protection for gays and lesbians, but not for transgender people. Some in the gay community argue that the exclusion is necessary to increase the bill's chance for passage.
Congresswoman Millender-McDonald diesRep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term congresswoman from southern California, died late Saturday of cancer. Millender-McDonald, who was 68, died at her home in Carson, California, said her chief of staff, Bandele McQueen.
Iraq Withdrawal Legislation Introduced to US House of RepresentitivesFriends, Just minutes ago, I was joined by Congresswomen Waters and Congresswoman Lee in introducing a bill that would bring our troops home from Iraq within a six month timeframe.
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