WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans have taken a lot of heat from constituents at home during the August recess after a bitter showdown with Democ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate made history on Tuesday, convening outside of the U.S. Capitol due to the evacuations from the earthquake that hit Washington...

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, more than 200 protesters impeded traffic in Washington state as they gathered near the offices of GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, c...

It's a pretty safe bet that the issue will (at least temporarily) be resolved by the fifth of August, at the absolute latest. Bank on it. The reason for such certainty is a simple one.

There is real suffering in America, and yet the conservative media uses news stories of economic hardship as an opportunity to mock those in need. It's a disturbing pattern we've seen in the past two years.

You'd think we might have figured this out a little sooner because once again we are ill prepared for the stealth swift boat attacks before an important election during the dog days of August.

In a meeting at the Capitol on Thursday, Senate Democrats, senior staff, and an official with the Obama White House charted out an aggressive communic...

Several House Republicans are balking at a request by their leadership to offer up a copy of their August schedules for a GOP Conference online datab...

With Congress set to break for its lengthy August recess, Democratic strategists have formulated a summer strategy to try to make the most of the inte...

Every August Senators take a break from their legislative duties for a month-long summer recess. But Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday the lengt...

If this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. Flake, an Arizona Republican lo...

"AUGUST is a challenging time to be president," said Andrew Card, the former Bush White House chief of staff, as he offered unsolicited advice to his ...

All we want is to be cared for at a price that we can all afford. But if we cannot afford and access our doctors and nurses, then the healthcare system fails us.

Health care reform is a policy battle, a communications battle, a turnout battle, a political battle all rolled into one. Our side needs to be beat the intensity of the right-wing protesters.

August is where reform will be won or lost. And while the critics have certain momentum right now, the supporters have one big tactical advantage. Now...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined a doubled-edged message for selling health care reform in August: one part pro-consumer and the second, attacking the he...

As Congress approaches the August recess with health care legislation still in flux, progressive groups are making an early push to target wavering Se...

After nearly two weeks of delays, a health care bill passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee late Friday night, setting the stage for a full fl...

During the August recess, Democrats need to hash out a real solution and push it with conviction. Their party will not recover from another failure of this magnitude.

How can Obama regain momentum in the health care debate? Presidential Ju-Jitsu and the same kind of grass-roots excitement that got him elected in the first place.

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, unveiled her party's battle plan on Friday for selling major health care legislation during the August ...

Just why do we need to reform our health care system? In two words: affordability and accessibility.