Legislation to bail out the stressed financial industry was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 228-205
With all eyes on the Wall Street bailout, the U.S.
Jamie Dean | Senate launches investigation of six mega-ministries with tax-exempt status
Jamie Dean | From a teapot museum to the World Toilet Summit, a new report shows that pork-barrel politics is worse than ever
Lynde Langdon | His recent flip-flop on stem-cell research is part of a practiced Bill Frist routine
Bob Jones | Gumming up the president's agenda in Congress?
Boxer tries to revive a feminist treaty
Tired of delaying tactics over presidential nominees, Republicans decide they'll stand in the way of a Democratic cause: campaign-finance enforcement
