WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans criticized a government report on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis as biased and political on Wednesday. Democrats fired back that Republicans want to roll back federal regulations of the financial industry.

2. Murdoch, Bloomberg Embrace Immigration Reform - Friday, October 01, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a man with his own immigration story, told Congress Thursday that securing the U.S. borders must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers can't hire people who are here illegally.

3. Congress to Tread Carefully in Run-Up to Election - Tuesday, September 14, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress returns this week with embattled Democrats torn between trying to show they have the economic answers and fearing the further wrath of voters over new government programs.

4. Black Lawmakers Grow Impatient with White House - Friday, December 11, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black lawmakers who have largely held their tongues during President Barack Obama's first year in office are stepping up their demands that the nation's first black president do more for minority communities hit hardest by the recession.

5. Black Lawmakers: Regulation Vote Hinges on Job Aid - Thursday, December 03, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - Black House lawmakers are warning that they must see progress on help for the jobless in African American communities before they can be counted on to support sweeping regulations governing Wall Street.

6. AP IMPACT: Some Lawmakers Send Few to Academies - Monday, November 23, 2009

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

7. US Congress Ethics Report Leaks, Revealing Names - Monday, November 02, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - Internal investigations into the conduct of more than two dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.

8. Can't Refinance? Try Your Congressman - Monday, June 08, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - Can't afford your mortgage payment? If the bank won't take your call, your member of Congress just might.

Several lawmakers whose districts are drowning in foreclosures are taking unprecedented steps to help people stay in their homes, including picking up the phone themselves to negotiate with banks on behalf of their constituents.

9. Dems Reach Deal On Mortgage Relief Bill - Thursday, March 05, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) – For key moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, giving debt-strapped homeowners the right to seek mortgage modifications in bankruptcy court had to be a last resort.

10. Oversight Panel Questions Treasury On Bailout Plan - Thursday, December 11, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – A congressional panel reviewing the government’s $700 billion rescue of the financial sector questioned how the money is being spent and whether it’s helping homeowners avoid foreclosure.

11. Realtors Call for CongressTo Develop Natural Disaster Policy - Thursday, March 29, 2007
     The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has called on Congress to establish a comprehensive natural disaster policy that includes disaster preparedness and encourages personal responsibility.
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