In The News
By Ben Weyl
House Democrats are preparing to lay out a tough opening position in the emerging battle over the federal debt ceiling.
By Patrick Reis
House Democrats plan to use the opening hours of the new Congress Thursday to start their battle over the debt ceiling.
President Obama has made it abundantly clear he will not surrender to the GOP's demands if Republicans refuse to raise the debt limit next year. Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill say they have his back.
The White House last week ruled out invoking the constitution to unilaterally raise the nation's borrowing limit, but if the president changes his mind one lawmaker wants to know he has support.
Vermont's congressional delegation say they're glad the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of a law barring federal rights and benefits to same-sex couples.
By Darren Goode
Reps. Cory Gardner and Peter Welch are angling to make efficiency an area of compromise in a deeply divided Congress that has struggled to produce new energy laws.