school social studies teacher into the national spotlight. The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act would bar members of Congress, their staff and senior executive branch advisers from applying insider information gleaned on the job when they trade

worldwide auto parts industry, including the U.S. Some of the larger American unions are demanding that the administration and Congress take action on what they see as unfair trade practices. One sentence is indicative of a more pervasive problem, and it directly

secure a net gain of 25 Democrats. Party leaders say the nationwide “Drive for 25” was made possible in part because of redrawn congressional boundaries in California approved by a bipartisan citizens commission, along with potential pickups in Texas, Illinois,

battle over a new rule dealing with contraception and religious groups under the Obama health law continues to roil the waters both in Congress and in the 2012 race for President, as both political parties dig in for an unexpected election year scrap on cultural

Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, passed by a 417-2 vote on Thursday, would bar members of Congress and their employees from using exclusive information they learned as lawmakers for their financial benefit. The Senate passed the anti-insider

112th Congress rode to office in 2010 on the biggest wave of unlimited, undisclosed corporate money that American politics has ever seen. That same Congress hit a historically low approval rating of 10 percent, Gallup reported this week. It’s not a coincidence.

raise this year, and I don’t think Members of Congress should either. That’s why I supported and helped pass legislation to freeze Congressional salaries for the fourth year in a row. Not an online subscriber yet? Sign Up Here Note: You must have cookies enabled

The Pentagon is recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines. According to defence officials, the new rules are expected to continue the long-held prohibition that prevents women from serving as infantry, armour

Influencing Private Entities Employment Decisions Executive Branch Officers and Employees: Extends the current Congressional prohibition on wrongfully influencing private employment decisions to cover all executive branch officers and employees.

and a bill passed in the previous Congress by the Senate energy committee. A Senate bill has not been introduced in the current Congress, although the House bill has the support of Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl. Bingaman expressed concern