Harry Reid tells reporters that he and Leader Pelosi have been summoned to the White House, on their way.
The House and Senate have just reconvened for what is set to be an extraordinary weekend session of down-to-the-wire maneuvering, with now just days to go until the U.S. faces a possible default on its debts. Read More
Look at the new blueprint Harry Reid and the Democrats hope will help end the debt crisis.
Was getting a debt ceiling bill — any bill — through the House enough to save John Boehner’s speakership? The hardest part may actually be yet to come.
News Corp. orders its New York Post employees, as a precaution, to preserve any documents pertaining “to unauthorized retrieval of phone or personal data” and “to payments for information to government officials.”
Boehner’s bastardized debt ceiling bill passes 218-210. Twenty-two Republicans voted against it.
Voting on Speaker Boehner’s revised-but-still-DOA debt plan just began. Watch live.
Obama hits his lowest approval rating ever in the Gallup poll: 40%.