Fundamental differences on government’s role, and a fair amount of posturing, are keeping Congress and the president from finding a better way to address budget deficits than across-the-board cuts, an ...

A joint select committee made up of MPs and senators from both parties will examine the causes of last September’s cyberattack on Government’s information systems. A resolution proposing the creation ...

The House and the Senate each have select and special committees, which can study issues, conduct oversight of programs, and investigate reports of fraud and waste. Joint committees are unique because ...

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has chosen the final three members to complete the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have assembled a list of state Senators and Representatives who will serve on the legislature's joint Select Committee on Congressional ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have assembled a list of state Senators and Representatives who will serve on the legislature's Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness ...

The 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is now fully identified. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named the final three members. None are frequent players in broadcast ...

Nearly two dozen Senate Democrats are urging Republicans to focus on job creation in “supercommittee” deliberations. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and 22 other Democratic senators argued job creation ...

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — better known as the “supercommittee” charged with pinpointing $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by Thanksgiving — doesn’t yet have a formal operating ...

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has called for the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) Bill ...