Well over a year after Congress voluntarily imposed a ban on pork barrel spending, the number and cost of earmarks have dropped dramatically, a report said Tuesday -- but the snouts are not out of the trough altogether.
Nearly seven decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-American World War II veterans were honored Wednesday at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony held at the U.S Capitol.
Once again, Congress is facing intense deadline pressure to pass a spending bill to fund the federal government.
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid says there is still alot of work to do before Congress breaks for the holidays.
With time running out on the government's authority to spend money, the Senate is expected to vote this week on a $1.1 trillion bill that would settle the issue for the rest of the fiscal year.
Surviving members of legendary Japanese-American Army units, including Sen. Daniel Inouye, gathered around President Barack Obama on Tuesday as he signed a bill granting their forces the Congressional Gold Medal -- one of the nation's highest civilian honors.
The Senate passed an emergency supplemental spending bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, setting aside a House package that includes additional social spending.
House Democrats impose a one-year ban on some earmarks. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.
President Obama enters 2010 facing many of the problems he vowed to confront during his first year, along with a handful of new responsibilities.
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux on what is on the president's agenda after returning from vacation in Hawaii.
A massive spending bill that funds the U.S. government for the rest of the budget year passed the Senate on Tuesday despite complaints about nearly $8 billion in what critics called "pork-barrel" projects.
Despite the best efforts of our politicians to convince us otherwise, there is no easy way out of the financial crisis we've created.
In Session's Jami Floyd has the Last Word on Alaska politics and the Sen. Ted Stevens scandal.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell testified in Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial Friday, saying the Republican from Alaska has a "sterling" character.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii testified Thursday that he has never known Sen. Ted Stevens to tell a lie during their 40 years of service together in the Senate.
Sen. Ted Stevens declared his innocence Tuesday after his indictment on charges that he concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and services from a company in his home state.
The former first daughter Chelsea Clinton helps her mom campaigns in Hawaii. Affiliate KHON reports.
A day of infamy
updated: Fri Dec 07 2007 13:29:00
The attack on Pearl Harbor changed America on December 7, 1941. CNN's Carl Azuz reports.
1986 Amnestyupdated: Wed Jun 06 2007 10:40:00
These are some facts from tonight's show that you might find interesting.
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee lambasted President Bush and congressional Republicans on Saturday for finding "time for special interests, but not an extra day or an hour for our troops."
The Senate approved Priscilla Owen on Wednesday for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, more than four years after President Bush first nominated her.
The following is a letter spearheaded by California Senator Dianne Feinstein and signed by 20 democratic senators.
Under attack by Republicans for proposing deep cuts in the intelligence budget a decade ago, John Kerry is trying to justify them as efforts to slice away pork.
Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Dec 31 1990 00:01:00
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