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The battle over health care shifted back to the Senate as President Obama prodded lawmakers on Sunday to push ahead one day after ...

Hidden in a veto statement from the governor is an obscene message apparently directed at the lawmaker who wrote the bill.

U.S. House leaders have dropped plans to spend $550 million in the Air Force budget on passenger jets used by lawmakers and senior government officials, officials said on Monday.

When 10 members of Congress wanted to study climate change, they did more than just dip their toes into the subject: They went diving and snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. They also rode a cable car through the Australian rain forest, visited a penguin rookery and flew to the South Pole.

Lawmakers face question: Even if one believes government-run insurance option is good, should reformers stake everything on its inclusion?

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health care reforms. 

The mayors of two New Jersey cities and a state legislator are under arrest today as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy probe.

Despite the positive signs, Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers, the labor market remains weak, and interest rates will likely remain low for some time.

California lawmakers finally sealed a deal with the governor on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.

Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad is up almost tenfold since '95.