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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a bi-partisan group of 14 attorneys general calling on Congressional leaders to launch a comprehensive inquiry into the herbal supplement industry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a balanced-budget plan that calls for trillions in spending cuts and repeal of the controversial health care law to erase red ink by the end of the coming decade.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois congressman Aaron Schock's fall was fast and hard even by Washington's unforgiving standards.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress can get so busy that senators and their staffs don't always have time to scrutinize bills they pass and letters they sign. Or so it seemed this week, anyway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner's job is safe despite passing yet another big bill that most of his Republican colleagues opposed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama signs 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security funded after showdown in Congress.

A stopgap funding measure has failed passage by Congress tonight.  Does that mean that the Department of Homeland Security will be forced to shut down temporarily?  Or will legislators find a way to secure funding before midnight tonight?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stopgap spending bill to fund Homeland Security fails in House hours before shutdown deadline.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican House Speaker John Boehner has a possible escape from the Homeland Security funding impasse if he's willing to use it: cooperative Democrats.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama in just three days has provoked Republicans on issues as disparate as immigration, Wall Street and the Keystone pipeline. It's a combative mix that comes amid presidential appeals for bipartisanship.