WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said passing a bill giving compensation to U.S. workers who accept fewer work hours to prevent company layoffs would save jobs.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., was resting comfortably after prostate cancer surgery at a New York hospital Tuesday, his doctor and staff said.

RALEIGH, N.C., March 5 (UPI) -- A Republican National Committee member from North Carolina says Michael Steele should no longer serve as the committee's chairman.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Nationalizing some of the weaker U.S. banks may be a politically difficult, but necessary step, some financial experts and politicians say.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- FBI agents Thursday raided the Pennsylvania offices of a defense contractor that has received millions of dollars in contracts through Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Members of the Senate Finance Committee say tax problems and immigration issues shouldn't derail Timothy Geithner's nomination for U.S. treasury secretary.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats have voted to place Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., in charge of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing for Rep. Joe Crowley of New York to become the House caucus vice chairman, sources say.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The judge in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Thursday urged jurors to deliberate with "civility" following complaints about one juror.