WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Congress has increased the pressure on Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to divulge his tax returns, Washington officials indicated.

WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Republicans on Capitol Hill Wednesday said the Obama administration's economic stimulus plan has been mishandled and overly optimistic about U.S. job creation.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- A Republican lawmaker says he's seeking records relating to a defunct "VIP" mortgage loan program associated with U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- For a long time now, much of the discussion of the use of private contractors on the battlefield and war zones has been sensationalistic and not particularly helpful. Either contractors are just patriots helping out their former comrades, as most of them are former military themselves, or they are just war profiteering money-grubbers who trample on human rights. Neither view is correct.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- A California congressman said Wednesday he has reservations about a proposed new fund for rescuers sickened by the 2001 terror attacks, not supporting victims.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Four Republican members of the U.S. Congress met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to urge the restoration of democracy.

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Vice President Dick Cheney Thursday accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., of "bad behavior" for visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- A top U.S. scientist said in Washington he shouldn't have a bureaucrat looking over his shoulder whenever he comments on issues in his field of expertise. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, deplored what he called the "p

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- To address the growing number of patent disputes, two House Representatives introduced a bill to improve patent litigation in District Courts.