The Foley scandal is a pivotal event--very likely the tipping point in the elections, and another stiff test for the House to demonstrate some trace elements of institutional integrity.

House SpeakerDennis Hastert has become the Vladimir Putin of American politics, dismantling the regular order and debasing the integrity of the institution.

Scholars from the Hastert Center and AEI will meet in Chicago to discuss the moral case for free enterprise and entrepreneurship.

This issue covers the lame-duck Congress, Bush nominees, and the Supreme Court.

The historic size of the Republican majority in the House, coupled with the unusually high number of freshmen members, will help Boehner in his efforts to cut government spending and fight Obamacare.

A new book is an account of Nancy Pelosi's tenure so far as speaker, but also tries to put her into the broader context of contemporary American politics and Congress.

When it comes to running the House, Dennis Hastert has, in fact, been an aggressive partisan.

The scandal surrounding Solyndra — the now-bankrupt, Obama-connected solar power company that received a federally guaranteed loan of $573 million — is well known. But Solyndra, Peter Schweizer says, is only the tip of the iceberg.