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Obama wins battle to halt F-22s

The Senate voted Tuesday to kill new funds for a major Air Force fighter jet program, bowing to President Obama's first veto threat and delivering the president a major victory in his first skirmish with Democrats in Congress over spending cuts.

July 22, 2009

Senate backs Obama in cutting F-22 funds

The Senate voted to ax new funds for an Air Force fighter jet program Tuesday, bowing to President Obama's first veto threat and delivering the president a major victory in his first skirmish with Democrats in Congress over spending cuts.

July 21, 2009

Senate OKs bill on hate crimes

Legislation long sought by Democrats that would expand federal hate-crime laws to cover gay and transgendered people has won approval in the Senate, raising expectations among supporters that the time has finally come for it to be enacted.

July 19, 2009

CBO: Health care reform to increase federal cost

Congress' budget watchdog warned Thursday that Democrats' health care bills would not lower skyrocketing costs and would drive up government spending, undermining one of President Obama's chief arguments for the overhaul.

July 17, 2009

F-22 vote stalls in hate-crime redux

Senate Democrats postponed a vote Wednesday on the F-22 fighter program that would pit some members against President Obama, instead taking up a gay rights measure Democrats have pursued for more than a decade.

July 16, 2009

Dems hope to speed Obama’s stimulus

Senate Democrats said Tuesday that President Obama's $787 billion stimulus program needs to be fixed to ensure money is spent more quickly and on projects that will provide a faster boost to the economy.

July 15, 2009

Melancon eyes possible Senate bid

Rep. Charlie Melancon of Louisiana was lying low and avoiding the press after announcing a few weeks ago that he was eyeing a run against Republican incumbent Sen. David Vitter. He had reason to be wary.

July 14, 2009

Obama agenda stalls on Capitol Hill

The core of President Obama's congressional agenda stalled Thursday as new obstacles emerged to climate change and health care legislation, possibly crushing Democratic leaders' hopes for rapid progress this summer.

July 10, 2009

GOP hits Pelosi for mouse funds

The tiny mouse that became a hotly disputed symbol of wasteful spending in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill has returned to pester House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

July 10, 2009

GOP slams stimulus mouse money

The tiny mouse that became a hotly disputed symbol of wasteful spending in the congressional debate over the $787 billion economic stimulus bill has returned to pester House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

July 9, 2009

Another federal stimulus stokes debate

Talk of another economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill has Republicans sharpening their knives and Democratic leaders vacillating, though some economists and Democrats say the sagging economy badly needs another jolt of federal spending.

July 9, 2009

Tiger Tracker

Highlights from Tiger Woods' second round at Congressional.

July 4, 2009

Switchblade law opponents cut in Hill fight

Opponents of the Obama administration's plan to expand the definition of "switchblades" and block the importing of many common pocketknives suffered an early setback in Congress this week, but they vow the Capitol Hill knife fight isn't over.

June 27, 2009

Impeached judge Samuel B. Kent tenders his resignation

When imprisoned U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent handed a one-sentence resignation letter to Senate officials who were delivering a summons for his impeachment trial Thursday, it likely brought an end to the rare congressional proceeding to remove him from office.

June 27, 2009

Conyers backs off probe of ACORN

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate purported wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea.

June 26, 2009

Conyers abandons plan to probe ACORN

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea.

June 25, 2009

Democrats trade Gore for Obama

With House Democrats rushing to a vote on their global warming bill this week, President Obama ratcheted up the pressure, calling the vote of paramount importance and demanding support from wavering Republicans and Democrats.

June 25, 2009

Social conservatives fall from moral high ground

Social conservatives, the once-powerful force that focused the GOP agenda on moral virtue and family values, have suffered politically as a stream of their icons have fallen prey to the vices they once preached against.

June 25, 2009