Ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) made a dramatic return to the Senate today, interrupting his cancer treatments to travel to Washington and cast the decisive vote in favor of proceeding to final passage on a Medicare bill.

By Ben Pershing Add House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to the list of top Democrats taking shots at Fox News Channel. Hoyer may not have gone quite as far in his criticism as the White House, which has suggested FNC is not "a legitimate news...

By Shailagh Murray House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a champion of the public insurance option, pointedly declined Thursday to criticize a pending Senate agreement to drop the idea as Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) seeks to unite divided Democrats in...

Updated 4:13 p.m. By Ben Pershing The House voted Thursday to approve a half-dozen spending bills grouped into one massive package, as the chamber races to complete its remaining work before adjourning for the year. The $447 billion measure, which...

By Shailagh Murray The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment that would have restricted abortion coverage in the pending health-care bill, leaving in question whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has the 60 votes needed to move the bill toward...

By Shailagh Murray Senate Democratic negotiators said they had made significant progress in identifying alternative coverage options to replace a government insurance plan that liberals have fought to retain as part of health-care reform, but moderates...