Oversight

Biden urged to get involved in union contract talks with TSA

House Democrat asks the vice president to help get negotiations 'on track' and 'deliver an equitable and balanced arbitration system.'

Oversight

Isolated, will House GOP fold in the payroll fight?

An increasing number of Congress-watchers are asking when and how -- not if -- Boehner and company will acquiesce in the payroll-tax wars.

Oversight

Perry: Fannie and Freddie are Bonnie and Clyde

The presidential candidate drew loud applause in Iowa with calls for constitutional amendments to mandate a balanced budget and a part-time Congress.

Defense

Congress calls on Defense to revamp investment review boards

Pentagon officials will shoot for a transparent, cross-functional approach.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Happy Hanukkah! The return of the Rick Perry menorah dance video

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Defense

Union calls TSA contract negotiations ‘very discouraging’

AFGE president says the agency’s definition of third-party review of employee grievances does not pass ‘smell test.’

Oversight

GOP senator’s latest report on government waste pokes Congress

Coburn labels 100 federal expenditures totaling $6.5 billion as unnecessary, duplicative or low priority.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Romney does Letterman; Plus: Kim Jong Il remembered

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Oversight

Glimmer of Hope?

The jobless rate is virtually the same as it was a year before Ronald Reagan was reelected in a landslide.

Oversight

House delays payroll tax deal vote until Tuesday

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Senate Democrats must come back to Washington and admit their bill is dead.

Oversight

HUD responds to attacks on block grant program

Proposed rule would tighten oversight of low-income home construction.

Oversight

Stimulus money to weatherize houses has been well-spent, GAO finds

The positive report follows previous findings of waste in the Energy Department program to help low-income families.

Oversight

HHS names 32 health care providers as ‘pioneers’

Groups in 18 states chosen for innovations in forming Accountable Care Organizations.

Oversight

What's at stake if Congress fails this time?

Congress is threatening stalemate again, and this time the effect would be felt by millions of average Americans.

Oversight

House speaker calls for Congress to continue work on payroll-tax package

Boehner says Senate Democrats should put their vacations on hold until differences are resolved.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Ron Paul on Leno; Dick Cheney's warning

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Oversight

Senate agrees on spending bill; Obama signs legislation keeping agencies open

Overall bill, if approved, would eliminate the possibility of government shutdown for the rest of the fiscal year.

Oversight

Senate strikes deal on short term payroll tax cut package

Senators also agreed to back massive spending measure funding most agencies for 2012.

Oversight

HHS proposes rule to help define essential health benefits

To comply with the Affordable Care Act, states must now select plans that address 10 categories of care.