Many lawmakers in Washington are working to make sure unemployed workers in more than two dozen states don’t get left out of a proposed extension in Federal benefits.

Critics and some lawmakers want to know more about how banks and other institutions are using taxpayer money under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

 President Obama takes on the GOP: Stop playing "games", abandon partisan "scare tactics", and pass comprehensive health reform, he tells a joint session of Congress.

 Nebraska Republicans aren't so sure President Obama can heal the fractures in a divided Congress and an angry nation with his speech before Congress. They say he's going about it all the wrong way.

 In his last day on Capitol Hill, Senator Mel Martinez stressed the need for immigration reform.

Both Democrats and Republicans are remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy's legacy and his mastery of the Senate.

President Obama first heard the news at 2am. Moments ago he spoke to reporters for the first time since Senator Ted Kennedy's death. He praised Kennedy calling him "greatest Senator of our time."

The government is paying financial companies to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.  But a Center for Public Integrity report questions rewarding the same companies it says helped cause the problem.

There is a lot of rhetoric surrounding health care reform. The legislation's impact on the economy has gotten contentious and even confusing.
 

For years, Wal-Mart has offered health insurance to fewer of its workers than other American businesses. But recently, the retailing giant switched positions and joined an employees union and a liberal think tank in asking Congress to requiring all companies to extend coverage to their employees. And now, a Wal-Mart president is going a step further – he says illegal immigrants deserve insurance as well.