With some pomp, a bunch of cute kids, and plenty of entertainment from Vice President Joe Biden, the new Congress was gaveled into session on Thursday. "Welcome 113th Congress!" says Chris ...

Among the nicer things said lately about the extraordinarily ineffective, widely insulted 112th Congress: At least it was more popular than gonorrhea and North Korea. And now, with the 113th ...

U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan has been named one of the 10 most effective members of Congress in a study just published by the Washington Post. The study assigned “legislative effectiveness scores” to ...

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