Oversight
Joe Biden will head effort to curb gun violence
Effort is part of the emerging White House strategy, which includes support for assault weapons ban.
Oversight
House Republicans' support for Plan B on fiscal cliff uncertain
Neither alternative measure would address the sequester.
Oversight
Democrats dodge questions on spending cuts
Obama’s plan calls for $1.2 trillion in reductions, including a switch to the chained CPI.
Pay & Benefits
Postal reps stage hunger strike, pledge 'escalating tactics' on lawmakers
Union representatives protest against cuts to Postal Service.
Oversight
Boehner tells House GOP he's moving to Plan B on fiscal cliff
Option would be for the House to pass a plan letting top tax rates increase on income over $1 million only.
Oversight
Analysis: Newtown shooting provides perspective amid fiscal cliff
Congress returns with a more subdued attitude toward partisan bickering.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Acting silly in the wake of sadness
After Newtown, late night tries to cope with tragedy.
Oversight
White House makes new fiscal cliff counteroffer to GOP
Proposal includes $200 billion in savings on discretionary programs.
Oversight
Sen. Inouye of Hawaii dies at 88
He was a longtime presence on the Appropriations Committee.
Oversight
Majority leader expects Senate back Dec. 26
Legislative leaders often use the threat of holiday week sessions to force action.
Oversight
Boehner back at the White House talking fiscal cliff
Both sides say an agreement is not imminent.
Oversight
Analysis: GOP movement on taxes still leaves huge budget quandary
$1 million threshold doesn’t clue Americans in on some long-term realities.
Oversight
Video: Obama honors victims, heroes of Sandy Hook shooting
President speaks at an interfaith vigil for those killed, including 20 children.
Oversight
Congress lightens GAO’s load
Watchdog agency welcomes cancellation of ‘outdated’ mandatory reports.
Oversight
Susan Rice learns what it's really like to be Hillary
Sure, everyone loves Clinton now. But first she had to survive a decade and a half of right-wing attacks.
Oversight
Democrats declare checkmate in fiscal cliff debate
Republicans, meanwhile, reject as fantasy the idea that they are boxed in.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Christmas confusion
The fiscal cliff continues to confound the nation, comedians say.
Management
Analysis: Obama gets a solution to his Susan Rice problem
Leading secretary of State candidate allows him to dump her without seeming to.
Tech