John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi should step in before this Waters embarrassment gets worse and hits a House that is already at a nadir in terms of public approval.

The cases of Representatives Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel reveal the corruption that is almost inevitable when any politician is given a job for life and the scandalous lack of accountability in the Congressional Black Caucus.

Green jobs, like shovel-ready jobs, proved a myth in no small part because Obama is eager to talk as if this green stuff was the moral equivalent of war, but he's not willing or able to do things a real war requires.

The Ethics Committee believes if there is not a direct and blatant violation of the letter of the law or a rule, there is no problem. I believe this is a deeply unfortunate mindset.

California faces a $26.3 billion budget gap; lawmakers in Sacramento have had no choice but to make desperate spending cuts.

The dynamics of the health care reform debate raise fascinating questions about the process, the parties, the institutions, and the norms inside Congress.

A Congress that passed only one of the many bills already passed by this Congress would be considered productive.

Barack Obama's candidacy is one of many signs that the United States has turned a page.