Elaine S. Povich

Here are some questions and answers about legislative proposals for small-employer health insurance: Several bills have been introduced regarding health insurance for small businesses. Answers to these questions are based...

As the recovery effort from the Great Chicago Flood continued Wednesday, one thing became clear: This won`t be over soon. Across much of the north end of the Loop, lights...

The Senate voted on Wednesday to lift a 43-year-old law banning military women from flying combat missions. While the action does not require the Navy and Air Force to put...

Despite their feverish efforts to build a veto-proof majority for the civil rights bill, House Democratic leaders Wednesday found themselves at the same place they were last year when President...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected President Bush`s civil rights bill, but Democratic leaders conceded they don`t have enough votes to reverse his expected veto of their own proposal....

Making history as the first British ruler to address a joint meeting of Congress, Queen Elizabeth II urged the U.S. on Thursday to avoid isolationism and act in concert with...

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell says it`s the most-mentioned topic when he goes home to Maine. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski recalls a German native who says his country does it better...

Congress on Friday approved two compromise bills to fund the costs of the Persian Gulf war, but only after modifying them to allow President Bush more discretion in giving aid...

Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio) was going to see ''Playboy of the Western World'' from the presidential box at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night-until the White House learned he is...

With the clock ticking toward the Monday deadline for huge cuts in government spending and thousands of layoffs, President Bush Wednesday angrily blamed congressional Democrats for stalling deficit-reduction talks aimed...