HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Republican presidential hopefuls meet at Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday for the eighth debate in their race for their party's nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said banks' reasoning for imposing consumer debit card fees was "disingenuous."

A group of 35 progressive Democrats has asked the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Committee -- the super committee -- to end billions of dollars worth of tax subsidies for the fossil fuels industry.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants Senate leaders to reject a bill that would allow concealed gun permits to be recognized across state lines.

Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Perry were involved in a verbal spat on Tuesday, at a CNN-sponsored Presidential debate. However, despite disagreements on immigration and healthcare, the two main challengers united to criticize fellow-candidate pizza-magnate Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a pipeline safety bill on Monday that would require strength-testing of old pipes and hike fines for safety violations after a series of accidents and explosions.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., wants Attorney General Eric Holder to probe banks and trade groups for potentially illegal collusion over new consumer debit card fees.

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law making it a crime to lie about being awarded a military medal or decoration violated free-speech rights.

Iran demanded consular access Sunday to a man held in the United States over a suspected plot to kill the Saudi ambassador and vowed to respond robustly to any inappropriate measure by the West.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will take comments from her social media circle to compose a floor speech to be delivered during the week of Oct. 24.

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday attacked an Obama administration proposal for limiting food advertising to children even as the team behind the plan offered concessions to food and beverage makers.

One of the largest private investors in failed solar firm Solyndra recommended the company's panels for a U.S. Navy contract at a time when the company was struggling with cash flow, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Congress passed the Protect Life Act Thursday evening. The bill, introduced by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa), is an attempt to bar federal funds from going towards health care plans that cover abortions. The bill, HR 385, prohibits women who are under the Affordable Care Act to purchase health insurance plans that cover abortion, even though most health insurance plans do in fact cover abortions.

A compelling question concerning the nation's current political culture is: what has happened to the Republican Party? President Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party's first president, elected in 1860. But do the values of today's Tea Party faction-dominated Republican Party match the values of Lincoln?

A Wisconsin state lawmaker Wednesday proposed a plan to scrap the winner-take-all system of allocating presidential electoral votes.

Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the controversial 'Protect Life Act' on Thursday, legislation aimed at keeping every cent of federal money from funding abortion services.

U.S regulators announced at a House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday that they will now back off on junk food marketing guidelines put forth by the government earlier this year. The final guidelines would now restrict food ads to be targeted only at children under 12 years and not 17 as proposed earlier.

China has launched an intense lobbying effort in Washington to kill legislation that would punish it for its currency system, in the latest display of its more sophisticated approach to influence U.S. policy.

Rick Perry hopes to end a string of poor performances and campaign rival Mitt Romney looks to consolidate his newly regained front-runner status at a U.S. presidential debate for Republicans on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan on Tuesday received support from a majority of senators, but Republicans were able to sustain a filibuster with the help of two Democrats.