Pay & Benefits
How Many Times Can You Retire From Government?
Senator reveals not one, not two, but three public pensions atop his salary.
Oversight
Lawmakers Continue to Probe IRS
Congress returns from recess to three more IRS hearings and a lawsuit.
Oversight
Meet the Man Who Set Off the IRS Firestorm
Treasury IG once stalked the halls of the Capitol for senators’ autographs. Now he’s there to testify.
Oversight
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Issues Subpoena
Head of tax exempt division has asked not to appear before oversight committee.
Oversight
Top White House Aides Informed of IRS Troubles, but Didn’t Tell Obama
Acknowledgement raises questions about how the White House has managed the scandal.
Oversight
Eric Holder Offers Little Information, Much Ire for Republicans
Hearing did little to diffuse tensions with the GOP or contain the growing grassfire of scandals
Oversight
Attorney General Calls Lawmaker 'Unacceptable and Shameful'
This much is clear: Eric Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa do not like each other.
Management
The Quiet Charm Offensive of Obama's Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough’s openness and availability is garnering positive reviews.
Management
Why Would Anyone Want to Run for Congress?
How political parties seduce citizens into positions in the nation’s most despised club.
Defense
Reid: Hagel Vote to Be Held Friday
Majority leader accuses Republicans of playing politics while the nation is at war.
Oversight
Conservative group gets out of Boehner's way on debt limit
Group will continue to push for 'sensible limits on the growth of government,' leader says.
Oversight
Senators pitch filibuster alternative
Bipartisan proposal would avert a showdown over the filibuster 'nuclear option.'
Management
Poll Shows Americans Fear Entitlement Cuts the Most in 'Cliff' Talks
A plurality have already fingered a favorite scapegoat if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement: everyone
Management
Democratic keynoter has echoes of Obama
Thirty-seven-year-old San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has been on political watchers' lists.
Oversight
Why Issa won't drop 'fast and furious'
With less than 100 days until the elections, political calculations are also invariably at play.
Oversight
Boehner calls debt limit 'leverage to make the system work'
The House speaker acknowledges criticism over last summer's debt showdown.
Oversight
No ethics penalties for lawmakers arrested with Clooney
Panel said it considered the 'scope and nature of the conduct.'
Management
Gingrich defends lunar ambitions
GOP contender says talk in Florida of building a moon base "was not some slip."
Management
Defense buoys state campaign of Armed Services chairman's wife
Several of Patricia McKeon's contributors are executives at defense firms.
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