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Sheila Jackson Lee hoists a framed copy of her resolution at the Jackson memorial service.

Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond voiced his displeasure Thursday with actions of congressional leaders he believed made American intelligence-gathering a political game.

House Democratic leaders were planning to unveil a final health care reform bill today, but on the eve of the announcement, a group of a oeBlue Dog Democratsa released a list of demands that have forced the leadership to wait until next week as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer attempt to broker a compromise.

"Extraordinary and inappropriate'' secrecy about a warrantless eavesdropping program undermined its effectiveness as a terrorism-fighting tool, government watchdogs have concluded in the first examination of one of the most contentious episodes of the Bush administration.

The strategy maps in the Republican race for governor already have been sent to mailboxes across Texas.

CIA Director Leon Panetta canceled an intelligence program after learning it had been carried out without informing Congress, The Washington Post reports.

Actor Brad Pitt speaks to the media as he attends with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Whip Rep.

California Rep. Pete Stark, who chairs a key subcommittee, acknowledged Thursday night that the official rollout won't happen this week, as planned, but rather early next week.

The powerful chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Wednesday introduced legislation to create a new consumer financial protection agency that would strip some powers away from current regulators.

Two days ago, Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee stood onstage at the Michael Jackson memorial service and said she would introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives honoring Jackson as a "global humanitarian." The idea prompted concern from House Democrats, thanks in part to the King Of Pop's mixed legacy - one that encompassed ...

The spin held that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, had in 2002 been secretly briefed about the use of of harsh interrogation techniques on terror suspects.

The Associated Press 77 comments VP announces White House deal with hospitals, says "reform is coming." Senate Democrats edged away Wednesday from their goal of passing ambitious health care legislation by early August amid heightening partisan controversy over tax increases and a proposed new government role in providing insurance to consumers.

Six Democrats on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said the head of the CIA admitted the agency misled Congress since 2001 about a oesignificant actions.a In a letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta , the six members said he had a oerecentlya testified that a oetop CIA officials have concealed significant actions from all members of Congressa and ...

It is sometimes done with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised Americans that when they took over Congress in 2006 that they'd restore accountability and transparency.

Published: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. Congressman Heath Shuler has shown once and for all that he has abandoned his "moderate" Blue Dog Democrat colors.

In her remarks bringing the debate over the climate bill to a close, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California urged her colleagues to vote in favor of the cap and trade bill, saying the measure was about four things: "jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs." She was righta 'the House-passed version of cap and trade is all about jobs : jobs lost, jobs never ...

In interviewing congressional candidates, a common question that we at The Cook Political Report ask is, "What's one issue or vote on which you would differ from your party's leadership?" In this era of extremely polarized districts and elections, the ability to show distance from the pack and rise above the rubber-stamp label seems to really ...

Reps. Patrick Kennedy , right, and John Sullivan , left, are out of rehab and back on the job.

The World According to David Broder : When Republicans Ruled The Senate It Was Bad for Democrats to Filibuster Judges; Now It's OK for Republicans to Filibuster Everything July 6, 2009 By Joe Rothstein Editor, EINNEWS.COM When Al Franken finally won his pass to the U.S. Senate the other day Democrats were met with a barrage of news stories, opinion ...