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Election 2012: Americans Would Vote Out Every Member of Congress

The majority of U.S. registered voters would vote out every single member of Congress if they could, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Friday.

Gabrielle Giffords Resigns from Congress: I Will Recover and Will Return

Gabrielle Giffords at State of the Union

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords officially resigned from the House of Representatives on Wednesday in an emotional goodbye for the three term congresswoman serving Arizona's 8th congressional district. She returned to the House floor one last time as her colleagues unanimously approved her bipartisan border security legislation as she stepped down from office.

State of the Union: Obama Takes Aim at Congress

Obama During 2012 State Of the Union Address

With Congressional approval ratings mired at historic lows, Obama has increasingly sought to bolster his re-election chances by criticizing Congress as ineffective and paralyzed by runaway partisanship. He invoked that theme in the State of the Union address.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Resign From Congress (VIDEO, STATEMENT)

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will resign from Congress this week, she announced on Sunday. Giffords, a Democrat, has made a remarkable recovery after being shot in the head but she said in a video released today (see below) that she needs to focus on her rehabilitation.

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SOPA, PIPA Face Setback as U.S. Lawmakers Switch Side to Oppose Antipiracy Bill

Some members of the U.S. Congress switched sides to oppose antipiracy legislation as protests blanketed the Internet on Wednesday, turning Wikipedia dark and putting black slashes on Google and other sites as if they had been censored.

Supreme Court Backs Congress' Power to Shrink Public Domain

In the midst of a battle over SOPA, the controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Supreme Court backed Congress' authority to take foreign works out of the public domain.

SOPA Blackout: List of Congress Members Who Support Anti-Piracy Bills

Eighty members of Congress support SOPA and PIPA, including 42 Democrats and 37 Republicans.

Warren Buffett: I’ll Match Any Congressional Republican Debt Pay-Down Donation

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett said he would donate $1 to paying down the national debt for every dollar donated by a Republican in Congress. The only exception is Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell -- for whom Buffett said he would go $3-to-$1.

ANC supporters dance during the ANC's centenary celebration in Bloemfontein

Mandela's African National Congress Celebrates 100 Years

In a stadium packed with tens of thousands of dancing revelers, South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, amid accusations that it has not delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994, namely resolving outstanding issues with poverty and unemployment.

Will Congress Get Another Kennedy? Scion Exploring House Run

This Congress is the first one without a Kennedy since President John F. Kennedy left the Senate in 1960.

A woman leaves the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan

Congress Presses Rating Agencies on MF Global

Congressional investigators have launched an inquiry into the work of credit rating firms that examined MF Global Holdings Ltd's risky bets on European government bonds and whether they overlooked crucial information in their evaluations.

US Congress presses rating agencies on MF Global: report

Congressional investigators have stepped up their inquiry into the work of credit rating firms that examined MF Global's overly risky bets on European government bonds and whether they overlooked crucial information in their evaluations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Ten Surprises for 2012: Blackstone

Byron Wien, vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners issued his list of surprises for 2012 on Wednesday. The tradition of giving his views on a series of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year started in 1986.

Ethanol Subsidy Ended by Congress, Signaling Political Shift

In allowing the demise of a formerly sacrosanct ethanol subsidy, Congress underscored both its drive to cut costs and the ethanol industry's diminished need for economic support.

Republicans Back Down - Congress Passes Stop-Gap Payroll Tax Cut Measure

Congress approved a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, after a prolonged partisan battle on Capitol Hill. The stop-gap measure buys Congress and the White House more time to negotiate a longer-term extension.

House Speaker Boehner Endorses Mitt Romney

Congress Passes Payroll Tax Deal

The temporary payroll tax fix gives President Barack Obama and the Democrats a political win over Republicans

Congress Poised to Pass 2-Month Payroll Tax Cut Deal

Congress, after months of bitter fighting, is poised to pass Friday a payroll tax cut extension that President Barack Obama argues is vital to the health of the economy.

The U.S. Capitol dome and U.S. Senate in Washington

Government Shutdown Averted, Congress Focuses on Payroll Tax Cut

After Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday night on a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill that would avert a shutdown and fund the federal government through September, lawmakers' focus returned to the ongoing negotiations over the extension of the payroll tax cut.

NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote?

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday evening by a vote of 283 to 136, with 14 members not voting. Find out how your Representative voted on the controversial bill.

A New Yorker's Opinion: Pew Poll's Anti-Incumbent, Occupy Wall Street Message

Two-in-three voters say most members of Congress should be voted out of office in 2012--the highest on record. And the number who say their own member should be replaced matches the all-time high recorded in 2010, when fully 58 members of Congress lost reelection bids-- the most in any election since 1948, the Center states in the Poll's overview.

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