WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A watchdog organization says members of the U.S. House of Representatives have added $3.07 billion in earmarks to the 2008 defense appropriations bill.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- With top Democratic contenders out of the running, the U.S. House intelligence committee chairmanship could be filled by a panel outsider.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., a defense hawk who had supported President Bush's decision to go to war against Iraq, now reportedly feels it was a mistake.

WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Two gay rights groups announced Tuesday 150 members of Congress had agreed in writing to ban gender-related sex discrimination in their offices.

SEATTLE, March 13 (UPI) -- Lawmakers on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border want some answers about a nuclear missile mishap last November at the Bangor, Washington, submarine base.