The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and those in the White House (as requested by President Barack Obama), and now it#39;ll go to the House of Representatives, which is reportedly quot;wasting no timequot; in addressing it. After a bit of initial resistance in both chambers of Congress, it looks like Republicans and Democrats have come around to the notion that ...

Senate Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican attempt to block President Barack Obama from using his authority to raise the government#39;s borrowing cap by $1.2 trillion.

President Barack Obama#39;s Democratic allies in the Senate promised Wednesday to press ahead this year with legislation drawn from his plans to require millionaires to pay at least 30 percent in taxes and curb tax preferences for companies that ship jobs overseas.

President Barack Obama#39;s Democratic allies in the Senate promised Wednesday to press ahead this year with legislation drawn from his plans to require millionaires to pay at least 30 percent in taxes and curb tax preferences for companies that ship jobs overseas.

President Barack Obama#39;s appointments to two key agencies during the Senate#39;s year-end break ensures that GOP senators will return to work Monday in an angry and fighting mood.