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A lawmaker on Wednesday pestered a key Obama administration official about a systemic risk super-council charged with identifying risks to the economy, arguing the group's vital proceedings lack transparency.

The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company formally registered a federal political action committee after years of not having a federal PAC but having very active officers and employees give contributions.

Congressman Spencer Bachus is warning about the link between the president's healthcare program and the embattled IRS.

The Securities and Exchange Commission 's top priority is to increase the number of investment adviser examinations it handles every year.

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing questions before the House Judiciary Committee on a variety of controversies shadowing the Obama administration, ranging from the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records to the IRS targeting of conservative groups to the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack in which Ambassador Christopher ... (more)

Four victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing at the height of the civil rights movement are now just a presidential signature away from receiving Congress' highest civilian honor.

Four victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing at the height of the civil rights movement are now just a presidential signature away from receiving Congress' highest civilian honor.

A co-author of the already controversial new Heritage Foundation study - the one that claims to show immigration reform will cost the U.S. $6.3 trillion dollars - wrote in 2009 that the government should grant immigrants visas based on IQ, and that "No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites, but the prediction that new ... (more)

In the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina, where a Republican nominee can lose some usual Republican voters and still get elected, if there's one clear message that can interpreted from the results from tonight's special election, it's that Republicans have fully embraced adultery and corruption.

The U.S. Senate approved legislation late Monday that would make it easier for states to collect taxes on Internet sales.

Retailers and state governments are on the verge of winning U.S. Senate passage of a bill today that would let states tax out-of-state retailers, providing up to $23 billion a year in new revenue.

After the CBS news show "60 Minutes" reported last year that members of the U.S. House and Senate were making financial transactions that hinted of insider trading, Congress swiftly passed a bill making the records of such transactions open to the public.

One tea party group has their sights set on Sarah Palin as a potential contender in a 2014 senate race in Alaska.

The anti-incumbent super-PAC Campaign for Primary Accountability is coming back for 2014 after shutting down last election cycle - and it's already making a wish list of targets, including Reps.

Zuckerberg and other tech players are behind a bill that would double the number of H-1B visas for immigrants that start new companies or are PhDs in math, science, or engineering.

The previous Congress, marked by staunch Republican obstructionism to President Obama's legislative agenda, was even more "do-nothing" than the "do-nothing Congress" that Harry Truman railed against during his 1948 presidential campaign.

Four young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing that marked one of the darkest moments of the civil rights movement are one step closer to receiving Congress' highest civilian honor.

A green traffic light stands in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

In addition to... well, the other important things they did this week, Congress debated and passed legislation allowing a commemorative coin to be a few thousandths of an inch smaller than it was supposed to be by law.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted unanimously to honor four young Alabama girls, killed in a 1963 church bombing.