Gail Chaddock

Members of Congress who aren't on the super committee are predicting it will fail. If the bipartisan group can't come up with a plan by its deadline, the economy could be dealt another serious blow.

The super committee has unprecedented powers to set a 10-year fiscal course for the nation and bring to the floor, without amendment or possibility of a filibuster, a deficit reduction plan.

This push for common ground marks a clear shift from where Senate Republicans and Democrats have stood on jobs legislation for months.

The Senate rejected along near party lines (again) two bills to create jobs by building roads and bridges. Yes, both parties want the same thing, but Election 2012 is getting in the way.

US House Speaker John Boehner may introduce legislation that funds infrastructure and jobs measures with new revenues from oil and gas drilling.

Republicans say they're ready to explain their stance on Medicare reform to voters.

Two Republican icons of fiscal restraint clash over eliminating certain subsidies or tax credits. Should savings reduce the budget deficit or go back to taxpayers?

On Capitol Hill, the Libya intervention has elicited antiwar voices from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Their point in common: The power to make war resides with Congress.

Here's what to expect if Republicans and Democrats in Congress don't reconcile their differences on spending for the last half of this fiscal year ... and a government shutdown ensues.

In a move that could resuscitate the partisan battle over what Sarah Palin dubbed "death panels," the Obama administration is set to implement a controversial federal health-care provision by executive authority.

In many ways, the Republicans' voluntary two-year earmark ban is limited in scope. But it's already undermining Congress's spending 'cardinals' and changing how lobbyists lobby Capitol Hill.

Thousands gathered at Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Beck's message was more religious than political - but less so among tea partiers in the crowd.

With the federal deficit at $1.5 trillion, some voters are balking at politicians who tout a record of securing ‘pork barrel' projects.

He delivered billions of dollars in aid to his home state. The Ted Stevens plane crash occurred in Alaska, a state that is no stranger to aviation accidents.

He delivered billions of dollars in aid to his home state. The Ted Stevens plane crash occurred in Alaska, a state that is no stranger to aviation accidents.