Former Rep. Eric Massa made conflicting remarks during several TV appearances over his resignation and allegations regarding his inappropriate behavior with male staffers. Nancy Cordes reports....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: CBS News Created: 11h 3m 35s
Officials have arrested an American woman, Colleen LaRose, accused of planning jihadist-based plots on the Internet. As Bob Orr reports, tracking terrorists in the U.S. is a new fear for the FBI....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: CBS News Created: 11h 3m 33s
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I) gave a very emotional speech on the House Floor Wednesday, criticizing the media for their coverage of the Eric Massa scandal and not the War in Afghanistan....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: CBS News Created: 11h 3m 32s
An ongoing war of words has erupted between Congress and the Supreme Court, as Justice Alito recently criticized President Obama's State of the Union address. Jan Crawford reports....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: CBS News Created: 11h 3m 38s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure calling for President Barack Obama to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan, in an election-year test of his decision to escalate the war....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 11h 3m 42s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 11h 3m 47s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The controversial "Volcker rule" to curb risky trading by banks got a boost in the Senate on Wednesday, as two Democrats introduced a bill that would enact and expand the rule....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 11h 3m 44s
Three years after efforts by Congress to reform the immigration system went down in flames, the issue is slowly re-emerging onto the national stage as two senators from the opposite sides of the political aisle work on crafting another bill.
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Fox News Created: 11h 2m 35s
Speaking on an ABC News Web cast, Rep. Chris Van Hollen said that when former Rep. Eric Massa resigned his seat, "the complaints filed with the ethics committee went away."
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Fox News Created: 11h 2m 33s
Previously undisclosed e-mail messages provide new evidence about Senator John Ensign?s efforts to steer lobbying work to the husband of his former mistress....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: New York Times Created: 8h 34m 18s
Rep. Kuninch's resolution to end war fails, garnering mostly Democratic support.
Soviet war in Afghanistan - Afghanistan - Democratic Party - United States - Asia
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: ABC News Created: 10h 34m 10s
CBS News' Pamela Falk speaks with Iraq's Ambassador to the U.N., Hamid Al-Bayati, about the recent Iraqi elections, planned U.S. troop withdrawal, and the selection of a new Prime Minister....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: CBS News Created: 10h 34m 30s
Two Democratic and Republican campaign groups released their lists Wednesday of the top House seats and incumbents targeted in the November midterm elections.
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Fox News Created: 11h 2m 30s
Even though people might be dying to get off the government's no-fly list, it includes names of the dead on purpose. Following the "Underwear Bomber" incident Christmas day the list has ballooned.
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Wired Created: 11h 2m 17s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to limit the ability of lawmakers to tuck pet projects into spending bills amid mounting election-year ethics concerns....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 11h 3m 49s
ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more afford...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 11h 3m 51s
President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President René Préval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: New York Times Created: 13h 31m 33s
The question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: New York Times Created: 13h 31m 30s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator who held up action earlier this month on a bill to renew jobless benefits faced more criticism on Wednesday for blocking approval of President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the World Trade...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: Reuters Created: 13h 30m 58s
The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms....
Total Views: 0 Publisher: New York Times Created: 13h 31m 34s
In fiery floor speech, congressman criticizes the media for lack of of focus on Afghanistan.
United States - Rhode Island - Government - US House of Representatives - Patrick Kennedy [D-1]
...
Total Views: 0 Publisher: ABC News Created: 14h 2m 30s
2008