| | Ailing Kennedy aims to return to Senate in January
4:27PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall and return to the Senate in January. | | |
Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
11:40AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are the ones to fix the economy and lower energy prices. | | |
Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans
11:37AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles. | | |
Rangel had no-interest mortgage more than 10 years
Sep 5 2008 1:45PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Charles Rangel paid no mortgage interest on a beach resort property for more than 10 years, a lawyer for the powerful House committee chairman said Friday. | | |
Senate Democrats to push bipartisan drilling bill
Sep 3 2008 7:24PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders in the Senate plan to push a bipartisan energy proposal that would allow for some expansion of offshore drilling when Congress returns next week from a five-week recess. | | |
US would stop nuke trade if India tests bomb
Sep 3 2008 3:35PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading Democratic lawmaker has made public a secret Bush administration letter that says the U.S. has the right to immediately stop nuclear trade with India if that country conducts an atomic test. | | |
FBI taped more than 100 Sen. Stevens phone calls
Sep 2 2008 4:25PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents taped more than 100 phone conversations involving Sen. Ted Stevens as part of their public corruption investigation, Stevens' attorneys said Tuesday. | | |
Wind, solar energy built on temporary tax breaks
Aug 31 2008 8:28AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is putting the short-term future of renewable energy companies in jeopardy even as the presidential candidates and most lawmakers hail windmills, solar panels and biofuels as long-term solutions to high gasoline prices and global warming. | | |
Ohio congresswoman remembered as pioneer
Aug 30 2008 5:54PM CT
CLEVELAND (AP) - A former president and a presidential hopeful were among those who paid tribute Saturday to the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first black congresswoman who was remembered as a pioneering spirit, loyal friend and dedicated public servant. | | |
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