Congress faces a hefty list of unfinished business and a politically driven agenda in an election year that will determine control of the House and Senate.
READ MOREThe government calls for Justice Sotomayor to lift her last-minute stay on the birth control mandate. Under Obamacare, insurance companies and employers must cover contraception, unless they ask for a religious exemption.
READ MOREColorado's first day of legal marijuana sales brought buyers from all over the United States.
READ MOREBlack Families depend on homeless shelters seven times more than Whites and one in four don't have enough food.
READ MOREDespite the new healthcare law millions still have no health insurance
READ MOREPoll: About a third of all Americans say 2013 was worse than 2012.
READ MOREIf President Barack Obama follows even half of the recommendations urged by his advisory panel, the National Security Agency would significantly change the way it does business.
READ MORESen. Wyden praised the ruling that found the NSA’s massive collection phone records is unconstitutional. But experts say it may be overturned on appeal.
READ MORESenator John McCain says the Obama administration has kept information from Congress about missing American Robert Levinson.
READ MOREU.S. banks will be barred in most cases from trading for their own profit under a federal rule, supported by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Carl Levin.
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