Senate reaches tentative payroll tax deal

Vote expected for Saturday to extend for 2 months tax cut, jobless benefits set to expire at year's end

• Dec 17, 2011

Obama welcomes home troops from Iraq

Says commitment by service members reminds us "we are all a part of something bigger, that we are one nation and one people"

• Dec 17, 2011

Bill to stop online piracy hits snag in House

Congressman delays committee vote on controversial bill until next week

• Dec 16, 2011

Perry defends taking pension

On second day of bus tour, Perry defends his pension and attacks Paul, Gingrich

• Dec 16, 2011

Bachmann keeps up attacks

She earns another rebuke from the website PolitiFact.com for alleging that it supports all of her claims

• Dec 16, 2011

Marine asks Michelle Obama to the ball

The first lady delivers gifts for Toys for Tots and gets an unexpected invitation from a Marine

• Dec 16, 2011

Who made a lasting impression at Iowa debate?

Hotsheet Live: Yahoo News' David Chalian, National Journal's Reid Wilson and Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson discuss the last night's date with CBS News' Nancy Cordes

• Dec 16, 2011

Pipeline still a sticking point in payroll talks

Congressional leaders say they're making progress in deal to extend tax cut, but controversial oil pipeline provision remains an issue

• Dec 16, 2011

Cantor plans to revive STOCK Act in early 2012

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl that he plans to revive and expand the STOCK Act next year

• Dec 16, 2011

Romney clarifies Medicaid remark

Massachusetts governor swats aside the Democratic criticism that he "didn't know" about Medicaid until he entered government

• Dec 16, 2011

Report: Perry "retired" early to get pension

The Texas Tribune reports that the Texas governor's salary increased by nearly $100,000 after he formally retired in January

• Dec 16, 2011

House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown

The House has passed a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill paying for day-to-day budgets of 10 Cabinet departments

• Dec 16, 2011

Traditional lightbulbs not going away ... yet

Compromise struck on budget bill to delay implementation of higher standards that would have rendered bulb obsolete

• Dec 16, 2011

SEC sues ex-Fannie, Freddie execs for fraud

Agency announces civil charges claiming 6 former executives misled investors with subprime mortgages

• Dec 16, 2011

9 states to share $500M in early childhood grants

Obama administration selects latest "Race to the Top" initiative winners who will get funding for often overlooked pre-K schooling

• Dec 16, 2011

Show More