Roy Blunt

by Mark Silva With help like this... The reviews on John McCain's impact on the congressional bailout negotiations were rather mixed - with fellow Republicans insisting that he had helped, and Democrats complaining that he had helped run the talks......

by Mark Silva While congressional leaders race toward a hard-fought agreement over a $700-billion bailout for the nation's financial markets, resistant House Republicans say they are in no rush to lay the burden "on the backs of American taxpayers.''...

We've gotten one too many misleading missives from press operatives who think it's cute to try to mislead the press. This one came from Obama press secretary Bill Burton, who sent out a press statement linked to a video......

The Dow is now up 350. Less than half of yesterday's losses, but nonetheless a sign that the market still believes there will be a deal. It's been up all day. An encouraging sign: House GOP leader John Boehner praises......

by Mark Silva This two-stage, $350-billion-plus-$350-billion "bailout'' of the financial markets that Congress debates this week is not really a bailout - that's what members are telling each other. It's more of "a work-out of the problem, rather than a.....

by Frank James No signs yet that the Era of Good Feelings is about to break out in the nation's capital. Check out this press release from the office of House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner: Boehner Statement on Economic......

by Mark Silva With added sweeteners for resistant Republicans and Democrats alike, Senate leaders are voicing confidence today that they can win the $700-billion bailout of the nation's financial markets stalled on Capitol Hill. "We're going to fix the...

by Frank James The shake-up among House Republicans continues. Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republicans second-in-command, is giving up his leadership position. The Association Press has a small report on it: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the...

by Frank James, Janet Hook and Peter Nicholas and updated Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling a malignant brain cancer, collapsed at the congressional lunch for President Obama currently underway in the U.S. Capitol. Obama confirmed that it was......

by Mark Silva To hear House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tell it, she was channeling all of America when she voted for the president's $787-billion economic stimulus bill today. "I could feel it myself, when I turned in my voting card,......

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......

by Mark Silva As President Barack Obama pushes for healthcare reform this summer, he also is attempting to rally that 'permanent campaign'' of supporters known as Organizing for America. The president recently telephoned supporters from Air Force One, and...