March 19, 2013  |   Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor waves after addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 15, 2013. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/ AFP/ Getty Images. As Republicans work to reassess their party message and policy prescriptions for America, House...

March 29, 2012  |   Congress is poised to go home for a one-week recess after punting -- once again -- on a long-term transportation funding bill. The Senate on Thursday approved the temporary measure, a 90-day extension for funding road, rail and bridge construction,...

March 28, 2012  |   National protests over the shooting and killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in central Florida last month have swept the nation, and Wednesday, they landed on the House floor. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., didn't appear...

March 20, 2012  |   Updated: 12:30 p.m. It's fitting that during Women's History Month, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski has taken her place in the books as the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress. Mikulski, a Democrat, reached that milestone Saturday, and she...

March 15, 2012  |   Photo by Flickr User UlisesJorge Senate leaders reached a deal Wednesday that will allow confirmation of 14 of President Obama's selections to serve on the federal bench. The agreement reached between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader...

March 14, 2012  |   Updated 4:44 p.m. | The Senate passed a $109 billion, two-year surface transportation reauthorization Wednesday afternoon that Democrats say will save 2.8 million jobs. Senators rejected most amendments, but the measure does include proposals related to BUY AMERICA requirements, bridges...

March 8, 2012  |   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he can understand the pain of drivers sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic while expending untold amounts of increasingly expensive gasoline. The Senate is debating a $109 billion...

January 31, 2012  |   U.S. Capitol; file photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday he would prefer his own version of insider-trading legislation over the measure the Senate has decided to debate this week. Outside the Capitol, on...

January 19, 2012  |   Capitol dome; file photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Congress got back to work this week, kind of. The House convened late Tuesday evening, conducted one day of legislative business on Wednesday and then left town again so the Republicans...

November 3, 2011  |   As Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain finds himself immersed in allegations of sexual harassment, the government of Greece nears collapse and 14 million Americans are out of work, it's business as usual on the Senate floor with leaders of both...

October 13, 2011  |   Sen. John McCain speaks as Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dan Coats, Jim DeMint and Ron Johnson look on during a news conference to introduce a Republican jobs proposal; Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Responding and reacting to the public...

October 5, 2011  |   Updated 8:00 p.m. ET with correction CAPITOL HILL | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has proposed replacing the tax increases offered by President Obama to pay for the president's $447 billion dollar jobs package with a surtax on millionaires...

October 4, 2011  |   The House of Representatives passed a stopgap spending measure Tuesday in a 352-66 vote, once again temporarily avoiding a government shutdown and potential backlash from voters. Speaker John Boehner and other House leaders gained support from 170 Democrats to ensure...

September 21, 2011  |   A bill that would fund the U.S. government past Sept. 30 unexpectedly failed in the House of Representatives Wednesday evening as 43 Republicans broke with party leaders and Democrats objected to a cut to an electric-vehicle program they said will...

September 13, 2011  |   Voters in the Queens and Brooklyn neighborhoods of New York City go to the polls to elect a replacement for Anthony Weiner, the veteran House member who left his 9th District seat earlier this year. While the seat has been...

September 9, 2011  |   Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. On the morning of 9/11, I was in the House gallery broadcast booth readying for the day. It was a day much like any other. While driving in, I remembered remarking out loud what...

May 26, 2011  |   The U.S. House of Representatives almost approved an amendment that would have moved the United States toward a faster exit from the war in Afghanistan. The language would have required a plan and time frame for an accelerated exit...

January 20, 2011  |   The House Ways and Means Committee announced Thursday that its first hearing will be next Wednesday, one day after President Obama's State of the Union address. Among other tasks, Ways and Means is one of the committees charged with GOP-led...

January 18, 2011  |   On a day when debate began on the House floor over whether to repeal the health care law passed last year, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer both met with the media in separate news conferences. Cantor...

January 6, 2011  |   Senate Democrats came out swinging Thursday against the new House Republican majority, claiming that proposed exemptions and tax cuts will increase the federal deficit. They say Republicans will be spending more than they are planning to cut, exactly what they...

December 17, 2010  |   When the Republicans take over control of Congress in January, one gavel will fall to a woman whom colleagues on both sides of the aisle describe as a "human dynamo in a small package." Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, known around Capitol Hill...

December 14, 2010  |   With the legislative session of the 111th Congress winding down, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer addressed the remaining schedule with members of the press at a weekly news conference Tuesday morning. His top priority was the future of the Bush...

November 15, 2010  |   Rep. Charles Rangel , D-N.Y. walked out of his ethics trial on Capitol Hill today after the House Ethics committee refused to delay the proceedings. Rangel argued in his opening statement that he did not have enough time to...

September 28, 2010  |   Republican members say the House Ethics Committee must "stop stalling the resolution of the Rangel and Waters matters" and complete the Democrats' public trials prior to the November election. In a written statement issued Tuesday afternoon, GOP members accused House...

August 11, 2010  |   Just when you thought it was safe to take a vacation in August, the Senate announced it will return to Washington to reconvene for a short session on Thursday to vote on border security funding and a remembrance of the...

August 4, 2010  |   Updated 6:36pm EST Senate Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday to move legislation that would provide states with funding for Medicaid and education. The $26 billion package passed by Senate Democrats and two Republicans may require the House of Representatives...

August 3, 2010  |   A crowded hallway packed with Capitol Hill reporters waited for the final interaction with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders that winds down the summer session of Congress. Called "the stake-out at the historic Ohio Clock," it's the last chance for...

July 28, 2010  |   Six House Democrats entered the Senate chamber Wednesday afternoon and took seats on the backbench of the Republican side of the aisle. Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland, Danny Davis of Illinois, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Carolyn Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ed...

July 22, 2010  |   After meeting with White House Director of Energy Policy Carol Browner, Senate Democrats held a news conference Thursday where Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will attempt to move pieces of a comprehensive energy legislation instead of a complete bill...

July 21, 2010  |   Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks to the media as Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., listens after the first meeting of the newly formed Tea Party Caucus Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images CAPITOL HILL | Twenty-four members...