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House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials and prevent lawmakers convicted of a crime from collecting their government pensions.

Senate Democrats say they plan to take up a bill to extend federal highway programs next week, even though they haven't figured out yet how to pay for them without raiding the general treasury.

Republican presidential candidates are railing against what they describe as an attack on religion by President Barack Obama.

Prospects for extending President Barack Obama's signature payroll tax cut now seem far less certain as House-Senate talks have deadlocked over finding ways to pay for it.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging senators to resolve debates over tax cuts that expire this month and at the end of the year, saying uncertainty around both could slow the economy.

The former U.S. senator says he won't seek the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Sen. Ben Nelson.

Ron Paul has invested days of campaigning and money for television ads ahead of caucuses in Minnesota, where he's hoping he can eke out the first win of his Republican presidential campaign.

Republican Rick Santorum is planning some last-minute campaigning in each of the three states holding presidential contests today.

Presidential contender Mitt Romney is fighting to win over social conservatives in Tuesday's Republican caucuses.

After fiascos in the two states, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon.