House may vote on stimulus before election, Dem leader says U.S. House leaders will consider bringing lawmakers back to Washington before the Nov. 4 election to vote on an economic stimulus plan, Representative Chris Van Hollen...
Mary Jo Kilroy is running again for the House -- but this time the incumbent is gone, and the largely suburban district, like many across the country, is starting to trend Democratic. A victory in Ohio's 15th Congressional...
The House has passed the Treasury's financial rescue plan and President Bush has signed it. The measure's passage marks a turnaround just four days after the House rejected the measure. Many lawmakers switched their votes from...
Congressman Chris Van Hollen, a member of the House Democratic leadership, blames Republicans for not getting enough votes to pass the Wall Street bailout measure. He says even though nobody liked everything, Democrats were...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are going to try to move another financial rescue bill after a $700 billion plan was rejected in a House vote, a senior House Democrat said on...
Md. lawmakers say plan does not protect individuals Rep. Elijah E. Cummings wanted more help for homeowners facing foreclosure. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett didn't want to reward the "bad behavior" of irrational lenders and...
Bloomberg - Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Congressional leaders are weighing new ways to revise a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after it became clear that U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's proposal faces resistance...
Bloomberg - Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Congressional leaders are weighing new ways to revise a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after it became clear that U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's proposal faces resistance...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is poised for a rare achievement: a second consecutive cycle of sizable gains. But with more Democrats may come more conflict. No one expected Chris Van Hollen to be the next...
RealClearPolitics.com - As the U.S. retains more than 140,000 troops in Iraq, spends billions of dollars every week and racks up both successes and losses, poll after poll indicates the war that could very well define...