Kevin Brady

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers accused leaders of the Internal Revenue Service of lying on Friday as they opened the first in a series of investigative hearings about the tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups. Republicans and Democrats said...

WASHINGTON (AP) — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage. For much of the past two years, the president and his aides have...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government. The 113th Congress will convene Thursday at the...

In the 1920s, in the wee small hours of the mornings, employees at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas sang while they worked. One, Jack Culpepper, went into vaudeville, where he teamed up with a dance partner named Ginger. They married and performed as...

South Dakota will be front and center of the annual Democrats vs. Republicans baseball game Thursday in Washington at Nationals Park. Recently retired Rapid City Post 22 coach Dave Ploof will be honored at the 51st annual Roll Call Congressional...

WASHINGTON (AP)— Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to lift the U.S. economy if it weakens. But he didn’t signal any imminent action in testimony before a congressional panel Thursday. Bernanke...

Congress. Remember Congress? With all focus on political news it may have been easy to forget that when lawmakers return to work they have just a few weeks to find agreement on extending the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and the so-called...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self-defeating drama that accompanied their far...

Local Reaction: On Wednesday, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest network of breast cancer activists, announced that it would no longer grant funds to Planned Parenthood of America for breast health education and cancer screenings....

The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has brought wide-spread condemnation from elected officials including those here in the Houston-area. They are shocked to hear the news of their colleague's shooting. Houston area representatives...

WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined Congressmen Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Mike Ross (D-Ark) in reintroducing legislation to permanently repeal the estate, or “death” tax, including Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD), Dan Boren (D-OK), and...