New Hampshire conservatives gather in Franklin to hear from the four Republicans vying to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg.

Gregg says he’s worried that politicians on the Hill are sacrificing the Fed’s historic independence.

In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

New Hampshire's senior senator says Congress can't be trusted to oversee fiscal policy.

The Justice Department has cleared a former top Senate staffer of any wrongdoing in connection with accepting more than $10,000 in sports tickets from former powerhouse lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the man's attorney said Thursday.

WASHINGTON - Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln said on the Senate floor that she will vote with her party, hours before the 6 p.m. (Arizona time) roll call.

The Justice Department has cleared a former top Senate staffer of wrongdoing in connection with accepting more than $10,000 in sports tickets from former powerhouse lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the man's attorney said yesterday.

Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote.

Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

Andrew Jackson would assuredly be pleased at the rising congressional distrust of the Federal Reserve. The populist president, who won re-election in 1832 on a platform of abolishing the Second Bank of the United States, was an early hater of power concentrated in huge financial institutions.