Oversight

How Senate Republicans Can Retaliate on the Filibuster

Ultimately the best way is to win a majority in 2014, say Capitol Hill strategists and advisers.

Oversight

On Budget Conference Committee, Even Small Proposals Generate Arguments

Ideas as small as raising user fees are generating some controversy.

Oversight

Congressional Vacation Set to Create Another Fiscal Crisis

Lawmakers will soon be forced to debate another stopgap spending measure to avoid a shutdown in January.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Nuclear Iran Playbook

If you like your uranium, you can keep your uranium.

Oversight

Anti-Incumbent Fever Won't Oust Many Incumbents

Don't expect many members of Congress to lose their seats next year, despite Congress's 9 percent approval rating.

Nextgov

Pentagon Biodefense Project Duplicates HHS Effort

After some talk of cooperation, initiatives took separate paths.

Nextgov

Boehner's Covered, 500 Visitors and Other HealthCare.gov News

Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.

Oversight

House GOP Prepares Fallback Plan to Avoid January Shutdown

They're considering a short-term continuing resolution that would fund the government through April 15.

Oversight

In the Aftermath of a Post-Nuclear Senate, Everyone’s Dug in Deeper

Executive branch and most judicial nominees can now be confirmed with a simple, 51-vote majority.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Senate Go Boom, Nuclear Edition

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid detonates the nuclear option in the Senate.

Oversight

Senate Votes to Overrule Filibusters of Executive Branch Appointees

From now on, nominees can be approved by a simple, 51-vote majority.

Defense

Should Commissary Clerk Jobs be Classified as 'Sensitive' National Security Positions?

Lawmakers challenge proposed rules that could broaden definition of sensitive jobs, and legal ruling stripping those employees of appeal rights.

Oversight

Senate Committee Approves Homeland Security Nominee

Two panel members opposed Jeh Johnson, but he is expected to be confirmed by the Senate.