Obama Calls on Congress to Help More Homeowners

(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money. Obama says more than 2...

Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan

(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits...

Congress Passes Bill Renewing Anti-Violence aw

(WASHINGTON) — The House has passed and sent to President Barack Obama a far-reaching extension of the Violence Against Women Act. The vote comes after House...

Congress Now Less Popular than Head Lice, Cockroaches and The Donald

It takes real skill to be less appreciated than one of the most phobia-inducing insects on the planet, but somehow Congress managed, hitting new lows in a...

“Sequestration is this crazy-named, nutty process that was put in place in order to force Congress to do the right thing. They put a gun to their head in order to do the right thing. And then when they fail to do the right thing, they’re ready to pull the trigger.”

– Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking to the Association of Defense Communities Monday in Monterey, Calif. Has anyone told the SecDef there’s a problem with...

“It is absolutely unacceptable for the FDA to be spying on employees who reach out to members of Congress to expose abuses or wrongdoing in government agencies.”

—REP. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN of Maryland, who was targeted by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration surveillance operation that secretly tracked and analyzed emails from...

“The United States will request from our Congress assistance for Afghanistan at or near the levels of the past decade through the year 2017.”

– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking of the continuing U.S. commitment to Afghanistan, Sunday in Tokyo. This chart suggests the U.S. will be paying $3...

The Public Whipping of Jamie Dimon: What Congress Should Ask JPMorgan’s CEO

It’s one of the few things Congress is demonstrably good at these days: the open flagellation of American businessmen. The unprecedented sums of money doled out...

“Congress, in writing the Budget Control Act, did not design sequester to be rational. Sequester was supposed to be the trigger, a trigger so irrational that the prospect of it would drive and force the leadership to do what was needed, which is to put together an overall budget package for the nation’s finances that could win wide support. Sequester was designed to be irrational.”

– Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, in remarks at the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday

In Congress, The Is-Pizza-a-Vegetable War Rages On

Okay, so Congress never actually declared pizza a vegetable during last year’s legislative battle over school lunches. But they might as well have: by declaring...

Scenes from Mobile World Congress 2012

Phones, tablets and more -- here's a look at what's happening at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

14 Notable Phones and Tablets from Mobile World Congress 2012

Quad-core phones, slim tablets and gimmicky features abound at the 2012 Mobile World Congress. Here's a roundup of the most interesting smartphones and tablets...

Number of Vets in Congress Is Shrinking…

…but it remains much higher than the number of military veterans in the general population.

“He heroically bailed out the Salt Lake City Olympic games by heroically going to Congress and asking them for tens of millions of dollars to bail out the Salt Lake Olympic games, in an earmark. Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?”

–Rick Santorum on Mitt Romney’s stewardship of the Salt Lake City Olympics.

Apparently, Congress Needs Two iPad Apps to Help It Get Things Done

For everyone who feels as if there are times when Congress doesn't seem to collectively know how to do their jobs, take some comfort in the fact that this week...

“If Congress does something, then I can't run against a 'do-nothing Congress.'”

–Obama responding to reporter who said the President seemed to be following Harry Truman’s model of running for re-election against a recalitrant legislature.

Congress Reaches Deal to End FAA Shutdown

Two days of caterwauling convinced vacationing members of Congress to end their standoff over FAA’s funding, which will put thousands of furloughed workers back...

Robert Kraft on Congress

–New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft commenting on the resolution of the NFL lockout

Obama on Congress

–President Obama explaining to the National Council of La Raza how he feels about trying to work with Congress.

Congrats, Congress. Heckuva Job. We Slow Clap You.

Let us pause a moment to admire the collective wisdom of the intertubes, which has come up with the pitch-perfect reaction to the debt-limit compromise. A...