As the government is on the verge of a shutdown, President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House to work on a compromise but as the late night session ended, they failed to break the stalemate as the Republicans want more budget cuts. Behind the scenes, negotiators saw some progress on the details of the cuts. House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio refused to compromise with... 

President Barack Obama called the Republican House Speaker John Boehner for a meeting in the White House to talk about preventing a government shutdown this weekend as Congress failed to reach an agreement with regards to the 2011 budget. The proposed bill that would have funded the federal agencies and impose spending cuts was stuck in Congress. Aside from President Obama and House Speaker Boehner,... 

Democrats are working with liberal groups and labor unions to assemble a public backlash against the Republican proposal of cutting the funds to some of the federal programs in order to save billions of dollars. Democrats are asking union members to attend congressional meetings to question Republicans about the budget cuts. One of the progressive advocacy groups that encourage its members to attend... 

Chinese President Hu Jintao received a cold reception from the members of Congress during his visit to Washington. This is opposite to what President Barack Obama is doing. The president of the United States is trying his best to strengthen the ties with the second largest economy of the world. Members of Congress and their constituents are worried about the impact of the economic competition from... 

As the 112th Congress convened last Wednesday, the Tea Party backed Republicans showed their force and took control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans have a 232-193 majority in the House and are set to challenge President Barack Obama in both the legislation and investigation of anomalies. The Republicans are more likely to vote on the proposal to repeal health care legislation that... 

With a financial reform bill on stake, the Republicans and the Democrats are jabbing each other with hot piercing words. In recent news, Senate Majority Leader – Harry Reid was pretty keen on knowing as to what Minority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed with the Wall Street Executives. Reid addressed to the issue after finishing up with his speech in the Senate floor (that didn’t go as planned)....