WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is giving House Speaker John Boehner a B-minus grade as he seeks conservative support to replace him. McCarthy ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell joined House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday at the pinnacle of the congressional and Republican power structures in Washington.

The choice of Rep. Kevin McCarthy is seen as cementing Boehner’s control through the November election.

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is once again the wealthiest member of the leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, reporting between $42.4 million to $199.5 million in asset together with her husband.

Republican moderates can break stalemate by threatening their own revolt and joining a discharge petition

The cause of immigration reform has led Bill Blazar a bit outside his organization’s usual comfort zone. The second-in-command at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has been with the organization for two decades, but his position advocating in favor of comprehensive immigration reform in Washington, D.C. represents the first time he’s undertaken a major role on a federal issue.

Five days before a deadline that would trigger more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that could cause a U.S. recession, Congress will return Thursday amid calls for action in the Senate.

The four partisan caucuses that make up the Minnesota Legislature raised millions of dollars for their campaigns in 2011.

With a stroke of his pen Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law, giving final approval to an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling, setting in motion more than $2 trillion in deficit reductions and averting a potentially devastating calamity in the markets.

I called to get a statement on Egypt from Minnesota congresswoman and House Tea Party Caucus founder Michele Bachmann and was told by her press secretary that, in spite of numerous requests, she wouldn't be giving any interviews this week while she concentrates on district work.