David R. Sands

Kyl drops bomb on arms treaty prospects

President Obama's bid to win ratification of a new strategic arms pact with Russia suffered a major blow on Tuesday when a key Republican senator came out against holding a vote before the Senate adjourns at the end of the year.

November 16, 2010

House panel: Rangel found guilty of ethics violations

A House panel Tuesday found New York Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel guilty of 11 of 13 ethics violations, a stunning rebuke to one of Capitol Hill's most powerful black lawmakers.

November 16, 2010

Kyl opposes quick vote on missile pact

The Republican point man on a major new missile pact with Russia said that he doubted the Senate had enough time in the lame-duck session to debate and vote on the treaty.

November 16, 2010

Ethics case goes on, minus Rangel

Capitol Hill's most celebrated ethics trial in years continued Monday without the defendant after Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, walked out on the proceedings, claiming he was not given the time to prepare a defense and lacked the money to pay for an attorney to represent him.

November 15, 2010

Charles Rangel walks out of hearing after ethics panel rejects delay

Saying he had been denied the right to counsel, Rep. Charles B. Rangel slammed a House ethics hearing into charges he violated more than a dozen House rules and said he would not participate in the panel's deliberations.

November 15, 2010

Tax-cut extension deal takes shape on Hill

The White House and Republicans in Congress edged ever closer to a deal Sunday on at least a temporary extension of all of the George W. Bush-era tax breaks that are due to expire at the end of the year.

November 14, 2010

Ethics panel sets Monday hearing for Rangel

A House panel has set a Monday morning date to hear the ethics case against New York Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel, former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and long one of the most influential black lawmakers in Congress.

November 12, 2010

Deficit report favors ‘do-nothing Congress’

Buried inside the wide-ranging blueprint put out this week by the respected co-chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan commission to slash the federal deficit is a powerful argument for doing nothing.

November 11, 2010

Deficit panel’s Rx: ‘Cancer’ surgery

The chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission tipped their hand Wednesday, releasing a stark, sweeping proposal to rein in federal debts and deficits with cuts to spending programs, Social Security and Medicaid benefits and an increase in the retirement age over the next four decades from 65 to 68.

November 10, 2010

Draft deficit-reduction proposal targets Social Security, tax breaks

A sweeping draft proposal offered by the Democratic and Republican chairmen of President Obama's deficit reduction commission Wednesday endorsed a string of painful measures to rein in the government deficit, including reduced cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients, Medicare cuts and ending or curbing popular tax breaks such as the home mortgage interest deduction.

November 10, 2010

Rhee to resign from D.C. schools

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee will step down Wednesday as head of the city's troubled public school system, ending a 3½-year tenure during which she became a symbol of urban education reform nationally but a deeply polarizing figure in the city she served.

October 12, 2010

Obama takes hard line on tax cuts

President Obama used his first press conference in months to draw a sharp line with congressional Republicans on economic policy and the fate of expiring tax cuts passed under predecessor President George W. Bush.

September 10, 2010

Murkowski concedes to Miller in Alaska primary

Little-known Fairbanks lawyer Joe Miller has won the Republican Senate nomination in Alaska after incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded the race Tuesday evening.

August 31, 2010

Bennet survives, Buck wins in Colorado

Sen. Michael Bennet, President Obama's candidate, fended off a challenge from Bill Clinton favorite Andrew Romanoff on Tuesday to win the Colorado Democratic Senate primary and avoid the fate of other endangered incumbents this primary season.

August 10, 2010

McMahon pins down primary win

Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has easily won a three-way Republican primary to run for the seat of retiring Connecticut Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd.

August 10, 2010

GOP hopefuls raise support, fewer funds

In some key races that may decide control of Capitol Hill this fall, it's coming down to a battle of Democratic money versus Republican momentum.

July 25, 2010

GOP’s Brown to back banking bill

President Obama's push for a major overhaul of the nation's banking regulatory structure picked up a key vote Monday when Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown announced he would vote for the bill.

July 12, 2010

O’Malley trails behind Ehrlich in Maryland

Republican challenger Robert Ehrlich now leads Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley in the rematch of their 2006 gubernatorial contest, according to a new poll released Friday.

July 2, 2010

Top financial group resigned to reform

Hours after exhausted House and Senate conferees approved a sweeping financial regulatory reform package at daybreak Friday, one influential industry group announced it was prepared to learn to live with the results.

June 25, 2010

Haley, Scott triumph in S.C.

South Carolina state Rep. Nikki Haley confirmed her status as a rising Republican star, easily winning a runoff election for the GOP nomination to succeed Gov. Mark Sanford.

June 22, 2010