Reid had threatened to change filibuster rules by 51 votes on the first day of a new session.

The White House and the CBO are at odds over what the fiscal cliff deal will actually do.

“Washington missed this magic moment to do something big to reduce the deficit," the two say.

“We’re always wanting to spend and promise and spend and borrow, but not cut," the lawmaker says.

Co-founders of Point Blank Public Affairs are shuttering their firm to start two new ones.

The $620 billion agreement was a breakthrough.

The vote revealed a deeply divided chamber where ambition, ideology and region all played a role.

Grimm believes an aid package is needed so he is considering withholding a vote for Boehner.

Rep. Jeff Landry expresses disappointment in the House speaker.

He calls Democrats' push for additional tax increases "totally wrong."

Stocks soar following a last-minute congressional deal that fended off the fiscal cliff.

Half of Americans say they believe the United States's best days are in the past.

The conservative columnist calls the compromise "a complete surrender on everything" for Republicans.

With the fiscal cliff at least partially averted, the president will finish his vacation.

“That’s where we have leverage, that’s where we should go to next," the Republican senator says.

Rep. John Yarmuth credits the speaker for being willing to send the fiscal cliff deal to the floor.

The emerging fiscal cliff deal is enough to leave Republicans with a major New Year’s hangover.

After a contentious battle with Congress, he's right back in vacation mode.

Calls cancelled vote “a cruel knife in the back.”

Judge rejects New York Times and ACLU lawsuits seeking rationale for targeted killing program.

John Boehner and Paul Ryan were in favor, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy voted no.

It is a bitter blow for farmers who had hoped for changes in the dairy support program.

He and his staff are launching an independent site supported by financial contributions from readers.

The cable network blames a scheduling snafu for obscenities next to online fiscal cliff coverage.

It's county vs. paper on gun-owner addresses.

The administration says it achieved 85 percent of what it wanted on taxes.

The fiscal cliff may have been the opening act for a drama with even higher stakes.

He says Republicans can vote for the bill without violating their anti-tax-increase pledges.

The incoming head of the DSCC says the fiscal cliff deal does too little on the deficit.

The decision by the likely presidential candidate could avoid upsetting his anti-tax base.

It'll be a factor in the group's scorecard, which is often cited as a measure for GOP candidates.

Reporters asked him how he sold the deal to Senate Democrats.

A slew of new and occasionally wacky state laws are coming into effect in 2013.

The agency finally has a long-term leadership solution after its last administrator stepped down.