Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks on the Democrat's agenda in Washington
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) speaks alongside fellow Democrats during a press conference on job creation and the Democrat's minority agenda for the upcoming 112th Congress, in Washington on January 4, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of repealing President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act for the 37th time.
The U.S. Senate should pass a bill that changes federal overtime rules because it would help working families, the House author of the measure said Saturday.
Politics, entertainment and the news media blended in Washington Saturday for what has become called the nerd prom, the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The U.S. Senate is likely to move gun control legislative proposals piecemeal, rather than comprehensively, possibly beginning next month, Politico reported.
President Obama says he will not negotiate with congressional Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, saying America is not a "deadbeat" country.
Some Republicans slammed the nomination of White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew to be U.S. treasury secretary, announced by President Obama Thursday.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is trying to delay her caucus's leadership election, officials say.
Democrat after Democrat spoke Friday in a near-empty U.S. House chamber, criticizing Republican leaders for going into recess while major bills languish.
U.S. House Democratic leaders called on Speaker John Boehner Thursday to cancel the House recess until economic, budgetary and job-related issues are addressed.
A U.S. lawmaker's nude dip in the Sea of Galilee pushed the practice of private groups underwriting foreign travel back to the front burner, observers say.
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