Congress

William Rivers Pitt: Take this to heart, friends and neighbors: rust never sleeps, and there is never, ever any rest for the weary.

Only one branch of government has a three-ring circus.

Robert Borosage, founder and president of the Institute for Americau2019s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for Americau2019s Future, is interviewed about the effects of the …

Gerald Epstein, codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute, discusses Congress' upcoming decision to raise the debt ceiling.

Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated a deal to end the economic standoff.

Just looking at the rank-and-file members of the “suicide caucus” isn't enough - it's like focusing on the marionette rather than the puppet-master.

Once upon a time, there was a government official with a plan. He had become convinced that the way to fix the economy was to send out teams of …

As a catastrophic US debt default looms, Republicans' new talking point is that “Democrats won't negotiate!” But ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar sees an anarchic method behind the madness.

The old saying that u2018you're welcome to your own opinions but not your own facts' seems quaint in today's political environment.

Over the weekend, House Republicans and President Obama hit a stalemate in fiscal negotiations, and the Senate moved on to work out their own plan, and more.