One by one, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had leaned on her rank-and-file Democrats for months to cast off personal prerogatives for the sake of a history-making health care bill. (Today)

Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt. (Today)

Lost amid the Republican euphoria surrounding Tuesday's elections is this inconvenient fact: The GOP just got its clock cleaned, again, in another high-stakes House special election. (11/06/2009)

The Senate has defeated an amendment that would have kept the plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks out of ordinary federal courts--leaving military commissions as the only option for trying the terror suspects. (11/06/2009)

WASHINGTON -- Democrats on Capitol Hill began a nervous debate yesterday about the course President Barack Obama has set for their party, with some questioning whether they should emphasize job creation over some of the more ambitious items on the president's agenda. (11/05/2009)