Earmarks were supposed to be banished by Republicans in Congress. Why then is John Boehner and Mitch McConnell pushing for one?

After a Mitt Romney aide made an unfortunate comparison, phones are off the hook at the small Ohio company that makes the toy. Daniel Stone talks to staffers about the boost—and why they’re not taking sides.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are being prodded by their House GOP colleagues to work through their battle-scarred relationship.

Bloggers are up in arms, calling the resignation and public disgracing of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) over allegations of insider trading during the 2008 financial meltdown.

New trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama were approved by Congress last night with at least two-thirds majorities in both houses, just hours after U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called for the United States to get tougher on trade.

Boehner's Healthcare delusion.....

Robert Reich equates John Boehner's and Republican proposals with those of Herbert Hoover's treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon, leading up to the crash of 1929. Shrinking government, cutting the federal deficit, reducing the national debt, and balancing the budget are Boehner's proposals, but they are also very similar to what Mellon did leading to the Great Depression. It is Social Darwinism...a survival of the fittest mentality.

Michele Bachmann and John Boehner have threatened repeals and subpoenas against the Obama Administration and its policies.

Republicans are attacking the fiscal policies of the Democrats despite their long history of spending equally as much or more.

Former Ohio Republican congressman Robert W. Ney was sentenced to 30 months in prison 01/19/2007, becoming the first elected official headed for jail because of corrupt dealings with now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The clearest sign the race for the Republican nomination is over, Rick Santorum's delusions notwithstanding? Political reporters and columnists are starting to run their “Who will be Mitt Romney's running mate?” stories, and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman appears to have a decent shot at the slot.