List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Budgets May Be Tight, but Pentagon Spending Tens of Millions on Pro Sports
The NFL, MLB, NFL, NBA, and Nascar have all cashed the Pentagon's checks to stage patriotic events.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Yellen: U.S. Banks Are Still a Risk to Financial Stability
Fed chief Janet Yellen tells lawmakers big U.S. financial firms are behind on putting in place key safeguards to prevent a repeat of 2008.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Time to End Confrontations Over Federal Borrowing Limits
Recurrent threats to force a U.S. debt default could end in catastrophe. There are better ways for Congress to oversee its fiscal responsibilities — and it’s time to use them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fate of the Export-Import Bank Now in the Hands of the Senate
The Export-Import Bank gets new life in the House. Now, it's fate lies in the Senate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Measure
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act grants businesses liability protection in exchange for sharing cyberthreat information with the government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Is Paul Ryan’s Foreign Policy?
Is the GOP’s next leader a defense hawk or a budget hawk?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton Transcends Committee Cynicism
The unintended consequences — and surprising insights — produced by an epic display of political theater.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress Is Running Around Playing Budgetary Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Republican dysfunction returns, just in time for another budget fight.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Controversial Cybersecurity Measure Moves Forward in Senate
CISA would give companies liability protection for sharing cybersecurity information with the government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch Hillary Clinton Testify to the House Select Committee on Benghazi
Hillary Clinton is testifying on the Benghazi attack. Watch it here.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fewer Leaving the U.S. to Join Terrorists, but Syrian Refugees Could Bring Terrorists Here
Top U.S. security officials say fewer are leaving the United States to join terrorist groups, but Obama's Syrian refugee resettlement program could bring terrorism to American shores.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Takes Up Consideration of Controversial Cybersecurity Bill
Business groups want liability protection to share information with the government, but the bill is unlikely to deliver major security benefits.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton on Benghazi Hearing: ‘I Really Don’t Know What to Expect’
Hillary Clinton will testify before the House Benghazi Committee on Thursday, but said Sunday she has no idea what to expect from the Republican-controlled panel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Paul Ryan Considers Running for Speaker Amid Urgent Pleas
As they frantically search for a consensus speaker, House Republicans just won’t take no for an answer.