President Obama's Tuesday address to Congress was entirely about jump-starting the economy, but he didn't even hint at a looming legislative battle between business and labor that both sides say could affect how quickly the country recovers. The Employee Free Choice Act, also called card-check legis...

When President Obama addresses the nation tonight in a State of the Union fashion, it won't just be Congress and members of the public tuning in. Special interests, too, will be paying close attention to what the president has to say about upcoming plans that could affect them. While the president w...

As the story behind the embattled investment company Stanford Financial Group develops, we thought we'd take an even closer look at the seeds the company may have tried to plant in Washington via campaign contributions. When looking at ALL lawmakers to collect money from the company's PAC and employ...

Money manager Robert Allen Stanford now has two things in common with embattled investment manager Bernard Madoff: both have come under scrutiny for allegedly defrauding their investors, and both have given significant funds to politicians. The Securities and Exchange Commission today accused Stanfo...

The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Cong...

With a tanking economy, warming planet and multiple bloody conflicts abroad, President Obama has his work cut out for him. His biggest challenge, however, might be keeping his campaign promise to transform American politics, according to Robert Kaiser, author of the new book "So Damn Much Money: The...

Name: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) Position: Frank will continue his role as chair of the House Financial Services Committee, which he undertook in 2007, just before the country's economy started to slip into a recession. The Democrat had been the ranking member of the committee, which has jurisdicti...

It's no secret that President-elect Obama, his new Cabinet and the 111th Congress have some seemingly insurmountable tasks in front them, the most pressing of which is to fix the tanking economy (and fast!). But their agenda also includes sweeping reform of the health care system; slowing global war...

Like a gas tank hungry for cheap fuel, Americans are yearning for an energy policy from their next president. Recognizing the importance of the energy issue in November's election, both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have been touting their plans, but consumers aren't the only ones...

President Bush's decision this week to lift the federal moratorium on offshore drilling defied the Democratic Party's long-held opposition to oil exploration along the U.S. coastline. But recently more Democrats are indicating that they might change their minds, leaving environmentalists wondering w...