Extended jobless benefits will run out for at least 212,000 Americans out of work after April 5 because the Senate closed up shop Friday afternoon without a deal to extend filing deadlines.
Democratic Rep. David Obey explains his proposal to pay for the Afghanistan war with a new war tax.
The most ridiculed players in the financial markets have found a new tormentor.
As a growing number of Americans default on their mortgages, the Obama administration is set to meet Tuesday with industry executives to discuss their efforts so far to help people save their homes.
Thousands of Liberians in the U.S. face deportation next month. CNN's Jeanne Meserve reports.
Thousands of Liberians living in the United States face deportation March 31 when a federal immigration status created for humanitarian purposes expires.
Democrats have gained a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate, according to CNN projections, and are still aiming to acquire a filibuster-proof 60 seats.
Should Uncle Sam get stock in the companies it helps?
VP guessing game
updated: Fri Aug 22 2008 23:17:00
CNN's Mary Snow looks at the buzz leading up to Barack Obama's announcement of a vice presidential running mate.
Sen. Barack Obama's choice for running mate will be announced to supporters in a text message Saturday morning, senior Obama campaign officials told CNN on Friday night, and a senior party official said it won't be Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Sen. Barack Obama said he has decided on his running mate, but he's not saying who it is.
In a podcast interview with TIME's Karen Tumulty, the candidate says Afghanistan will be a "tougher job than Iraq"
Obama and McCain stake their positions on Iraq. But what do Iraqis think? CNN's Morgan Neill reports.
Sen. Barack Obama said he found "a strong, emerging consensus" for the redeployment of U.S. combat forces from Iraq, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki telling Obama he hoped American combat troops will be gone in two years.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told U.S. embassies overseas that they can support visits by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, but they must adhere to certain restrictions.
The Democrat's visit is generating little attention in the Iraqi media -- and little expectation of policy change
The nominee meets President Karzai and U.S troops as he gets a firsthand look at the terror battleground
Lawmakers grilled bank regulators Tuesday about why they didn't intervene as lax lending standards led to a meltdown in the mortgage market and a credit crunch that threaten the economy.
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy took 29 seconds Monday to open and close the Senate, the latest move in a standoff with President Bush over recess appointments.
In one of the shortest session in its history, the Senate's final session of the year lasted a total of 12 seconds Monday.
The U.S. Senate was called to order for 11 seconds on Wednesday as the last political scuffle of the year between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress played out.
The last political scuffle of the year between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress played out on the floor of the Senate Friday morning -- even though nearly all the senators had left the Capitol for the Christmas holiday earlier in the week.
Senators Carl Levin and Jack Reed will try again to get support for their amendment to limit the scope of the war
The White House report to U.S. lawmakers on progress in Iraq showed meager gains on benchmarks that Congress established for the Iraqi government.
Norm Walters, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, files an I-Report reacting to President Bush's speech on Iraq.
President Bush said Thursday night that conditions in Iraq have improved sufficiently to start reducing the number of U.S. troops there, and urged Americans, divided over the war, to "come together."
In response to Bush's speech, Sen. Jack Reed says an unlimited military presence in Iraq is not an option.
President Bush once again failed to provide a plan to successfully end the war in Iraq, Democrats said after his prime time address Thursday while touting their strategy "to responsibly and rapidly" begin pulling U.S. forces out of the war zone.
The party is digging in for an all-night session on the war. But passing a withdrawal timetable would bring its own problems
Senate Democrats offered an amendment Monday that would demand that a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq begin this year.
The Republican chairman of a Senate committee said Sunday he is prepared to call telephone company officials to testify about a domestic wiretapping program if he doesn't get cooperation in talks with the Bush administration.
Three U.S. senators plan legislation that will send a stark message to Iraqi politicians: Form a government quickly or risk losing U.S. military support.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into leaks to the media about the National Security Agency's classified domestic surveillance program.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faced renewed criticism Sunday from lawmakers, including one prominent Republican, after he said he has not personally signed letters sent to family members of troops killed in action.
Two top Pentagon leaders appeared to express doubts Thursday about interrogation rules applied to military prisoners in Iraq and could not give lawmakers a clear answer on who signed off on them.
In hearings that sometimes grew contentious, the Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday on the prison abuse scandal in Iraq. Two members of the committee, Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island, later spoke with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Alan Greenspan can move interest rates and rattle financial markets with just a few words, yet he can't seem to cajole Congress into giving him the help he needs. The otherwise almighty Federal Res...
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