Sean Lengell

Santorum offers ‘zero’ plan for economy

Rick Santorum has a "zero-zero-zero" idea to boost the economy. Published October 7, 2011

Senate advances China-currency sanctions

The Senate on Thursday cleared a key procedural hurdle on a bill that would punish China for its currency valuation, setting up a final vote despite some Republican opposition and a lukewarm response from the White House. Published October 7, 2011

Boehner praises Obama’s anti-terror efforts

The House speaker said Obama's done a better job in Afghanistan than the Bush administration. Published October 6, 2011

Senate Dems propose millionaire tax

Senate Democratic leaders want a 5 percent surtax on those with incomes of $1 million. Published October 5, 2011

Cantor: Obama’s jobs package ‘dead’

Barely an hour after President Obama on Monday publicly called on Congress to pass his jobs-stimulus bill, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor vowed it wouldn't be brought to the House floor as a package. Published October 3, 2011

Obama signals impatience on jobs bill

President Obama said Monday he will personally lobby congressional leaders to hold a vote on his new jobs-stimulus proposal, but barely an hour later, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor once again pronounced the legislation dead as written. Published October 3, 2011

Cantor emerging as Democrats’ enemy No. 1

The Virginia lawmaker and self-described Republican "young gun" has emerged as a favorite foil. Published October 2, 2011

Senate OKs stopgap bill to prevent shutdown

The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Monday night to avert a potential government shutdown after the Obama administration discovered it had enough money in its disaster accounts to last through the end of this month, leaving lawmakers with "nothing to fight about." Published September 26, 2011

Cost offsets that Bunning once pitched catch on

Jim Bunning may be out of the Senate, but the fire he lit still smolders. Published September 25, 2011

House passes stopgap funding bill; now Senate’s turn

The House early Friday morning narrowly passed a GOP-crafted stopgap funding bill. Published September 22, 2011

House bipartisan effort kills stopgap funding bill

Conservative Republicans joined House Democrats on Wednesday to defeat a stopgap funding bill. Published September 21, 2011

Disaster aid dispute could force shutdown

Party leaders on Capitol Hill are digging in their heels over a stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies open next month, raising the threat of government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Published September 20, 2011

Obama sees anti-tax pledge as detrimental to deficit-reduction talks

President Obama, pushed by some in his party to take a harder line on the deficit-reduction negotiations, took aim Monday at an anti-tax pledge supported by most congressional Republicans. Published September 19, 2011

House Republicans find common ground with Obama’s jobs package

House Republican leaders on Friday said President Obama's latest jobs plan includes several "areas of common agreement" — from employer tax breaks to reforming the unemployment insurance system — from which the two sides could work together to develop a plan to help kick-start the slumping economy. Published September 16, 2011

House OKs GOP bill to curtail NLRB’s authority

The House on Thursday passed a controversial GOP measure that calls for curtailing the National Labor Relations Board's enforcement power — a move that would undermine a federal complaint that the Boeing Co. illegally opened a plant in South Carolina. Published September 15, 2011

Results in, time to spin outcome in N.Y. election

Democrat David Weprin ran into an impenetrable political headwind in Tuesday's special congressional election in New York City, as voter displeasure over President Obama, issues such as same-sex marriage and Israel, and missteps along the campaign trail helped propel Republican Bob Turner to an upset victory. Published September 14, 2011

GOP wins House seats in N.Y., Nevada

Republican Bob Turner pulled off a stunning upset Tuesday to win a special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, reversing decades of Democratic control in the New York City district. Published September 13, 2011