Paul Kane

Enzi’s gentle manner earned him respect and friendship as he chaired two committees: Budget and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Rep. Roger Marshall won the Republican Senate nomination for a seat the GOP has held for 100 years.

The Senate majority leader signaled Monday that he doesn’t expect much progress on the impasse over a Senate trial before lawmakers return to Washington after the holidays.

Congressional Republicans have splintered into generational factions over their next step in confronting President Barack Obama's implementation of his landmark health-care law, with younger GOP lawmakers urging a shutdown of the federal government in the fall.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- though derided on the left and recently dismissed by former Vice President Dick Cheney as a poor pick in 2008 -- is nevertheless proving her enduring power within the Republican Party in the most concrete of ways: She keeps picking winners.