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BP CEO Tony Hayward and Republican Texas Rep. Joe Barton garnered most of the attention at the hearing of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Hayward with his repeated “I can't recall”...

by Mike Memoli President Obama will use a town hall meeting in Wisconsin today to challenge the man who would become speaker of the House -- if Republicans win back a majority in Congress this fall -- over comments about......

Few political issues are as intensely polarizing as Arizona's recent immigration law. For something like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, we know which side most Americans are on -- Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP aside. But Arizona's legislation,......

No question, it was outrageous for Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) to apologize to BP and refer to a $20-billion escrow fund for oil spill victims as a "shakedown" and a "slush fund." But Barton at least was saying what he meant -- something we supposedly...

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) on Thursday assailed BP for a "series of reckless decisions" that led to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 people and started the worst offshore oil......

Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members...

Doesn't look like comedian turned senator Al Franken is planning a return to NBC's "Saturday Night Live" anytime soon. In his opening remarks about the proposed Comcast-NBC deal at a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition...

Posted at 7 am EST, updated at 5:30 pm President Barack Obama closed a bipartisan summit on healthcare today the way he opened it, with a speech about how much the Democrats and Republicans actually agree upon -- or should......

Three Democrats and one Republican speak at the start of the healthcare summit....

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by Noam N. Levey and Michael Muskal and updated In a visit that felt more like a victory celebration than a political huddle, President Barack Obama met with congressional Democrats today at the Capitol to rally them in their final......