Rep. Anthony D. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, arrive at their home in the New York borough of Queens on Thursday, June 16, 2011, before he left for a press conference to announce his resignation from Congress. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, New York Democrat, announces his resignation from Congress during a news conference in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday, June 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Ken Venturi, a lifetime honorary member of Congressional, donated items from his 1964 U.S. Open win to the club last month.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Mike Griffith, of Canton, Ga., protests President Obama's health care reform plan outside the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Wednesday where a three-judge panel was hearing arguments on whether to reverse a Florida judge's ruling that struck down the law. "If we uphold the individual mandate in this case, are there any limits on Congress's power left?" Chief Judge Joel Dubina asked.
"At a time when Congress is single-mindedly focused on our federal debt, how can we blindly maintain policies that foot the bill for students to attend schools that have proven to be such a bad investment?” said Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
** FILE ** Rep. Anthony Weiner, New York Democrat, and his wife, Huma Abedin, who is an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, are pictured after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Rep. Dave Camp, House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said Tuesday the House vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling "sends a clear and critical message that the Congress has finally recognized we must immediately begin to rein in America's affection for deficit spending." (Associated Press)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu closing remarks are seen as he finishes an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures while addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. House Speaker House John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Vice President Joe Biden listen behind. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
