WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders on Tuesday, there's little expectation it will usher in a new era of cooperation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' approval rating hovers around 15 percent, but there's one group of people excited about the institution: newly elected lawmakers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political gambit by an endangered Senate Democrat is breaking loose long-stalled legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline as the lame-duck Congress returns to a Capitol in which the results of last week's GOP blowout are still sinking in.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's Washington's billion-dollar question: whether President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans can really make nice and forestall ever-greater dysfunction under divided government.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York voters have agreed to let the state borrow $2 billion so school districts can buy computers, connect to the Internet, improve security and build classrooms for prekindergarten students.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren't yet done adding to their numbers in the Senate. They've now won more than the six seats they needed to control the Senate next year.