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The measure would also allow below-market insurance rates to be passed on to people buying homes with taxpayer-subsidized policies.

The Senate has passed legislation to require child care providers who care for children from low-income families through a government voucher program to undergo criminal background checks, know first aid and CPR and get other training.

Newly elected Republican Rep. David Jolly of Florida, right, poses for a ceremonial swearing-in with his mother Judy Jolly and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014.

A bipartisan group of senators says they have reached a compromise extending jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed for five months.

Former Florida governor Reubin Askew, a champion of racial equality who guided the state through school busing in the 1970s, died early Thursday in Tallahassee.

The next U.S. ambassador to Canada has had his nomination confirmed nearly a year after President Barack Obama tapped him for the job.

A group of Catholic bishops, evangelical leaders and advocates pressured top House Republicans to vote this year on overhauling immigration in a series of private meetings on Wednesday.

Invoking fiery references to Satan, "savagery" and a "culture of death" to criticize their opponents, anti-abortion lawmakers on Wednesday insisted that Republican contenders keep an intense focus on social issues in the upcoming midterm elections and the 2016 presidential race.

Bypassing Congress, President Barack Obama intends to order changes in overtime rules so employers would be required to pay millions more workers for the extra time they put in on the job.

"The room is almost empty," said Graham, R-S.C., glancing at the empty press and audience seats in the hearing room.

If you've ever been stuck behind a person driving too slowly in the fast lane, the Georgia Legislature is here for you: Its "slowpoke" bill would require anyone driving on a divided highway to move to the right when a faster car approaches from behind - even if the "slowpoke" is actually going the speed limit.

He's won the CPAC straw poll two years in a row. early primary polls put him leading among likely contenders in New Hampshire, Iowa and Ohio.

Congress will weigh some of the most significant U.S. sanctions on Russia since the end of the Cold War in a bid to pressure President Vladimir Putin to pull Russian troops out of Crimea, according to a copy of a new Senate bill obtained by The Associated Press.

As a result of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's remarks Tuesday, yet another investigation may be in the offing to sort out what the CIA did - or didn't do - to help or hamper Senate investigators.

A plan to phase out government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and instead use mainly private insurers to backstop home loans has advanced in Congress.

Congressional candidate Alex Sink, center, greets a supporter after giving her concession speech Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

A lawmaker wants to get slow-poke drivers out of the fast lane. The law would mean a driver would have to move out of the passing lane when they see a faster car coming up behind them.

If the U.S. government turns over the bulk collection of telephone data to an independent third party, higher costs and delays in identifying potential threats could result, the Navy admiral nominated to be the next head of the troubled National Security Agency said Tuesday.

The Senate has passed Republican-backed legislation to repeal taxpayer funding for political conventions.

Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty atop your pasta? A ripening trade battle might put that to the test.