A proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Ron Wyden to allow those who retire in the future to choose between Medicare and private health care insurance for seniors is the latest addition to the drive to increase competition in health care.
The Paul Ryan-Ron Wyden Medicare reform plan is a political game-changer. Amidst heated gridlock in Washington, Rep. Paul Ryan, a conservative budget hawk, and Sen. Ron Wyden, a respected liberal senator, have reached consensus on vital entitlement reform. Medicare is on the track to insolvency; this could be the bipartisan solution.
The reauthorization of the Patriot Act looks like a forgone conclusion.
In April 2009, A family spoke out after the suicide of a Marine husband and father.
A bipartisan group of senators is asking President Barack Obama to change the current "insensitive" policy of not sending condolence letters to families of service members who commit suicide.
The push to come up with a plan to reduce national debt got a bipartisan bear hug in the Senate on Tuesday.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said Thursday he will undergo surgery next week for early stage prostate cancer.
A leading advocate of states' ability to opt out of federal health care mandates told CNN's "Parker Spitzer" show on Tuesday that a recent bill he co-authored would foster bipartisanship and "encourage innovation [in health-care] right out of the gate."
More than 50 members of Congress sent a letter Wednesday to the president's commission on deficit reduction, urging cuts to the nation's defense budget to help narrow the budget imbalance.
It was once sacrosanct. But no more.
BP sought to reassure both the general public and investors Friday, saying it has the money to spend whatever it takes to clean up the Gulf oil spill.
Federal inspectors overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored, the Interior Department's inspector general concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Tuesday's primaries and a special election to fill an open congressional seat will be the best sign yet of how the political balance of power could change in November's midterm elections
Facing significant anger aimed at Washington and at some of his past votes, Utah Sen. Robert Bennett was eliminated Saturday from seeking re-election as a Republican, becoming the first incumbent to fall victim to the growing anti-Washington mood ahead of the 2010 midterm elections.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that House committees will begin action on President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic recovery package in the next couple of weeks, with a vote in the full House slated for the week after Obama's inauguration.
The Senate's financial rescue plan may have a better chance of passage because it's padded with pork that may be tasty enough to get reluctant House members to bite.
CNN's Brian Todd looks at the pork in the bailout bill.
The financial meltdown may herald bigger reforms -- if the next President makes government work again
The cost of health insurance continued its 20-year reign as the number-one issue worrying small-business owners, according to the latest edition of the Small-Business Problems and Priorities survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, released on Monday.
A Senate panel grilled a key government energy expert Tuesday over why the Bush administration plans to continue adding to the nation's oil reserve as the price of crude spikes near $100 a barrel.
CNN's Kelli Arena gets exclusive access inside the FBI's terrorist screening center.
About a hundred times a day, from anywhere in the world, a phone call comes in that sounds something like this: I think I've got a terrorist suspect here, can you check it out?
Time.com: The Courage Primaryupdated: Mon Jun 18 2007 13:45:00
For this election, Joe Klein offers an agenda of five issues for judging just how serious the candidates are
1986 Amnestyupdated: Wed Jun 06 2007 10:40:00
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-3 Tuesday in favor of Gen. Michael Hayden to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, sending his nomination to the floor for a vote by the full Senate.
Money Magazine: EZ Does Itupdated: Wed Mar 22 2006 15:30:00
Around this time of year, Sen. Ron Wyden wants you to go skiing with your kids, read a novel, plant a garden--anything but do taxes. The Oregon Democrat has dreamed up a tax code so simple it shrin...
The following is a letter spearheaded by California Senator Dianne Feinstein and signed by 20 democratic senators.
Fresh fighting has been reported in the holy city of Najaf, where U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces have been battling fighters loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for six days.
If you've ever wondered how software got on your computer, and spent even more time wondering how to get it off, chances are you've encountered spyware.
Never mind who wins the White House or which party ends up controlling Capitol Hill. The big news about Election 1996 is already in, and the bottom line on it is this: When the political horserace ...
ACCOUNTANTS HAVE long said to just about anyone who would listen that audits aren't designed to detect fraud. Increasingly, though, judges, juries, and lawmakers refuse to buy that familiar argumen...
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