DEMOCRAT SENATORS SPEAK AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
U.S. Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks a press conference with other Democrat Senators, Carl Levin (D-MI) (L), Charles Schumer (D-NY) (2nd L), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (2nd-R), and Bernard Sanders (I-VT) in the Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington on January 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
Latest Headlines
News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ...
The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted handily to confirm Jack Lew as treasury secretary despite reservations by some Republicans.
Seventy lawmakers in Washington on Monday accused the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of being too soft on oil speculators.
The U.S. State Department said it was reviewing lawmakers' concerns about a potential conflict of interest in the review of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Sen. Bernard Sanders, Ind-Vt., said the U.S. Federal Reserve's lending programs during the height of the financial meltdown require an "extensive" examination.
A bill providing funds for solar energy systems found support in a Senate committee Wednesday, casting a bit of sunshine on solar energy supporters.
U.S. senators voted 96-0 Tuesday to have auditors review the role of the Federal Reserve during the financial meltdown of 2008 and 2009.
Republicans' chances in several U.S. Senate races are slim, said Sen. John Ensign, who heads the GOP Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Congressional Democrats are taking aim at big oil companies as U.S. gasoline prices near a record average $3.05 a gallon.
Senate Democrats promising to use their electoral victories to work on a bipartisan basis may be forced to keep that promise by the slimness of their majority. The Democrats' 51-49 majority includes Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman and independent Sen. B
Quotes
United Press International
United Press International
United Press International
