Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could still appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat despite charges that he tried to barter it away for cash or a plum job in what prosecutors call "a political corruption crime spree." ...more

December 10, 2008

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, a leader of Congress' efforts to help homeowners ensnared in the subprime mortgage meltdown, reportedly got special treatment on his own mortgages from the chief executive officer of Countrywide Financial Corp., a company whose practices he has called "abusive." ...more

June 14, 2008

Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a gallon gasoline. ...more

June 11, 2008

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for a windfall profits tax on oil companies and a rollback of $17 billion in oil industry tax breaks as part of an energy package. The proposal also would impose federal penalties on energy price gouging and calls for stopping oil deliveries into the government's emergency reserve. ...more

May 8, 2008

Senate Democrats searched for a compromise on energy legislation as Republican leaders made clear Friday they will oppose oil industry taxes and a mandate for utilities to use more wind and solar-generated electricity. ...more

December 8, 2007

Senate Democrats on Tuesday reversed President Bush's cuts to education, health research and grants to local entities as they gird for Bush's first-ever veto of a regular appropriations bill. ...more

October 24, 2007

Senate Republicans are bracing for another potentially costly 2008 retirement, with veteran Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., expected to announce today that he will not seek a seventh term. ...more

October 4, 2007

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said Sunday that finding out whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied or otherwise misled Congress will help senators pick a worthy successor. ...more

September 3, 2007