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by Frank James The congressional stimulus plan isn't just drawing domestic criticism. It's also getting flak from U.S. trade partners because of "Buy American" provisions to require the purchase of U.S. steel and iron with an eye towards boosting U.S........

Kirsten Gillibrand announces her first bill as senator -- it stays away from hot buttons like guns and immigration, and proposes an amendment to the stimulus package that would double the child care tax credit. Co-sponsor is Barbara Boxer......

by Mark Silva Ray LaHood, secretary of transportation in the administration of President Barack Obama, insists that there won't be "any boondoggles'' in the spending of billions of dollars for public works envisioned in the economic stimulus bill that...

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and former President Bill Clinton, share a laugh at a Capitol Hill ceremony honoring Dingell (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) by Frank James "Change" was the rallying cry of last year's......

by Mark Silva Will the real Republicans please stand up? We've reported here on Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida welcoming President Barack Obama to pitch the economic stimulus bill that all of the House's Republicans voted against. And we've reported......

by Mark Silva The youngest at everything: Rep. Aaron Shock, the Peoria Republican who became the youngest member of the House of Representatives this year, gets the star treatment today on the Today Show. President Barack Obama calls him "a......

by Mark Silva The great, and disenfranchised, capital of the United States of America is looking at a long-sought dream today: The right to vote. For a member of Congress, that is. They just cannot have tough control - everything,......

by Mark Silva Unemployment at a 25-year high. The stock market at a 12-year low. Mortgage foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs -- 2.6 million jobs lost in the last four months, more than 4 million lost since the start......

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives with her husband Paul at Ciampino Airport, near Rome, Sunday Feb. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Lucai) by Frank James It didn't really work the first time they tried it but that's not......

by James Oliphant Working furiously to respond to public outrage over Wall Street excess, the House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that seeks to recoup the lion's share of the $165 million in bonuses paid to executives of American......

by Frank James How does a president stop a nation from cutting off its nose to spite its face? That is the challenge now facing President Barack Obama as he tries to keep the populist rage against Wall Street, in......

by Mark Silva Our friend and erstwhile colleague, Glenn Thrush at Politico, thinks he has a lead on that list of 17 "socialists'' whom Alabama Rep. Spencer Bachus says are inhabiting the halls of Congress. But it gets worse: If......