Ben Nelson
Republicans, Democrats doing electoral calculus in determining support for taxes, healthcare
Conventional wisdom said votes to extend some of the Bush-era tax cuts and to repeal the healthcare reform bill will fall along party lines, and they still may. But with election just months away, elected officials are plugging numbers into a more detailed equation to figure out how to cast their vote.
Moderate politicians beat hasty retreat from halls of U.S. Congress
Finance regulatory bill blocked in Senate
Deals, compromise led to Senate health reform passage
Washington: First public hearings on Fort Hood, important vote on health care reform
The first public hearings on the Fort Hood shootings got underway on Capitol Hill yesterday. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich tells us why the Senate was so focused on the question of terrorism.
Sen. Ben Nelson works hard for peace in the Senate
Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) has a long history of reaching across party lines to reach consensus on pressing issues in the Senate. In the face of the partisan bickering over the stimulus, Senator Nelson finds himself in the center of the debate.
Politics and oil
The on-going debate over offshore drilling in Congress, and where presidential candidates stand on the issue.