...made considerable gains in Congress on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts pulled off a solid GOP victory in the 16th District.  Joseph R. Pitts ........ 129,554 Bruce A. Slater ......... 78,104 John A. Murphy ........... 7,250 Daniel Frank ............. 2,305 Pitts,... (more)

...against" the bill. In the last few days, he said, "it was much more split, much more evenly divided." Rep. Chaka Fattah, a Philadelphia Democrat, cited new, higher unemployment numbers as underscoring the need to pass the bill. He said he voted for it "because... (more)

Thirty-one members of Congress on Wednesday asked President Bush for an "immediate review" of the convictions of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were sentenced in 2006 to lengthy prison terms for shooting a... (more)

WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone. The 303-115 vote sends the global AIDS... (more)

...a family-friendly workweek, health care for all, reductions in college tuition and better care for troops and veterans. Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa.), who heads the GOP Values Action Team, describes the new family agenda as ?just one tool in the toolbox? and... (more)

WASHINGTON, June 7 The House gave final Congressional approval on Thursday to legislation aimed at easing restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research, but Democratic leaders in both chambers conceded they were short of the... (more)