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Mar 11, 2010 at 3:43 PM PST
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a spokesman said.
Feb 26, 2010 at 7:29 AM PST
President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with voters in November.
Feb 24, 2010 at 9:48 AM PST
Companies that hire the unemployed would claim new tax breaks under a jobs-promoting bill the Senate passed Wednesday, delivering President Barack Obama and Democrats a much-needed victory.
Feb 21, 2010 at 11:37 AM PST
The top Republican in the Senate said Sunday that GOP lawmakers "may well" vote for a jobs bill, though it's not clear whether they will allow a Democratic measure to advance right away.
Feb 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM PST
Sen. Evan Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday that he won't seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat.
Feb 5, 2010 at 9:39 AM PST
The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak with January's unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent as more people said they had jobs.
Jan 27, 2010 at 8:04 AM PST
Special legislative favors, especially one designed to secure a Nebraska senator's vote for the embattled health care package, ignited so much public outrage that President Barack Obama is calling them a mistake.
Jan 25, 2010 at 4:13 PM PST
Bolstered by a White House lobbying effort that included the president, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's chances at a second four-year term improved Monday, calming a stock market that had grown anxious over the uncertainty of his support.
Jan 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM PST
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced mounting Senate opposition for another four-year term Friday, and the White House worked aggressively to keep his nomination afloat.
Jan 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM PST
In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office.
Jan 15, 2010 at 8:35 AM PST
The perks of Senate membership just got sweeter. For the first time, all 100 members of the chamber will have their own cloistered hideaways in the U.S. Capitol, traditionally a coveted mark of seniority and clout.
Jan 15, 2010 at 8:30 AM PST
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats rushed to strike final deals on historic health care legislation Friday as they nervously eyed next week's special Senate election in Massachusetts that could doom the bill.
Jan 14, 2010 at 5:40 PM PST
In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost insurance plans as part of landmark health care legislation taking final shape in intensive negotiations. "We are on the doorstep" of success, President Barack Obama said.
Jan 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM PST
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for saying the race of Barack Obama - whom he described as a "light skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one" - would help rather than hurt his eventual presidential bid.
Jan 5, 2010 at 7:40 AM PST
Nearly four months after a judge dismissed his lawsuit over Social Security benefits, 66-year-old Johnny Lee Wicks opened fire with a shotgun in a Las Vegas federal building, killing one security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal before being shot to death, authorities said.