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Calls for Rep. Charlie Rangel's resignation rained down on Capitol Hill late Friday from House Democrats who said the lawmaker showed a disregard for the rules and undermined the public's confidence in Congress.

The bill, passed 209 to 193, would impose new safeguards for offshore drilling, remove a liability cap for spill damages, and hit energy producers with a new tax to fund conservation measures.

In its most sweeping response to the gulf oil spill, the House on Friday approved legislation that would impose new environmental safeguards for offshore drilling, remove a liability cap for spill damages, and slap industry with a new tax to fund conservation projects nationwide.

The House approved Tuesday the spending of an additional $37 billion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, overcoming the opposition of some congressional Democrats who have concluded that the Afghan conflict is unwinnable.

President Barack Obama says an economic plan by the House Republican leader just repeats job-killing policies of the past and would take the country "backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward."

House investigative panel announces multiple ethics charges against the New York Dem who stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for separate charges in March.Hitchhiker's Guide to Rangel CaseConfidence in Congress Hits New Low

Congress is one House vote away from resuming unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed as the nation suffers through a wretched job market.

Republicans may wrest control of the US House from Democrats by winning more than 40 seats in the November election, said Representative Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of his party's House campaign committee.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during Tuesday night's House Democratic Caucus meeting for saying Sunday that Democrats could lose control of the House in November.

Republicans could win control of the House of Representatives in elections in November, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs acknowledged on Sunday.

GOP lawmaker says he's "ashamed" of how firm has been treated, drawing immediate criticism. Under pressure from Republican leaders who threatened to remove him from a ranking committee position, Rep Joe Barton (R-Tex.) late Thursday retracted his apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the way his company has been treated by the US government -- a comment that had drawn heavy criticism from both parties.