WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans pressed ahead on Wednesday with Legislation to immediately slice more than $61 billion from Domestic Spending but found their Budget-cutting unity shaken in a House of Representatives vote to kill a big weapons …

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Utah's Orrin Hatch also asked if Obama intends to unilaterally bail out states or municipalities. Obama's suggestion in the Budget he unveiled on Monday to waive some interest payments and fees …

California Democrat Adam Schiff entered the bill in the House of Representatives to extend the taxable bond program which expired on December 31 until the end of 2012. The bill would also lower the federal rebate BABs pay issuers. Created in the …

A California ban on Gay Marriage is the center of the federal case and one of several judicial and political battles over same-sex marriage, which is banned in most of the nation and legal in the District of Columbia and five states -- Connecticu…

A group of US lawmakers Wednesday unveiled Legislation to toughen sanctions on Iran for its Nuclear Energy program, calling for international companies traded on US exchanges to reveal investments in the Islamic Republic. "If we can bring greater…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Wednesday he sees an opportunity to run for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination in 2012, but is not going to take it. Christie, a brash, blustery politician who scored an i…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq will face problems in everything from protecting its Airspace to using intelligence unless it alters plans to send all U.S. Troops home this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday. President Barack…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy Secretary Steven Chu came under fire from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday for his department's plan to seek a sharp rise in funding for clean-energy projects while paring research on Fossil Fuels. Chu told a C…