 | Losses shows Romney's conservative woes
Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives and that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee.
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 | Congress tries to give president line-item veto
The Republican-led House is trying to give President Barack Obama the line-item veto, a power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
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 | Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race
Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that has snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
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 | House GOP introduces insider trading bill
House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials and prevent lawmakers convicted of a crime from collecting their government pensions.
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 | Romney's camp downplays Santorum wins
Mitt Romney's camp is downplaying last night's triple-state win by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Colorado and Minnesota's caucuses and Missouri's primary.
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 | Senate struggles to pay for highway
Senate Democrats say they plan to take up a bill to extend federal highway programs next week, even though they haven't figured out yet how to pay for them without raiding the general treasury.
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 | Republicans attack Obama on birth control
Republican presidential candidates are railing against what they describe as an attack on religion by President Barack Obama.
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 | Payroll tax cut talks adrift on Capitol Hill
Prospects for extending President Barack Obama's signature payroll tax cut now seem far less certain as House-Senate talks have deadlocked over finding ways to pay for it.
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 | Bernanke cautions about budget shocks next year
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging senators to resolve debates over tax cuts that expire this month and at the end of the year, saying uncertainty around both could slow the economy.
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 | Bob Kerrey not running again for Nebraska seat
The former U.S. senator says he won't seek the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Sen. Ben Nelson.
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