Matthew Hay Brown

by Matthew Hay Brown Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, thrown on the defensive by President Bush's increasingly dire warnings about the consequences of not funding troops in Iraq, said Monday...

By Matthew Hay Brown A month ago, Congress voted for the second time this year for a $35 billion plan to extend and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program....

by Matthew Hay Brown, updated A day after Rep. John P. Murtha said he thought the surge in Iraq was working – a comment on which Republican supporters of the...

by Matthew Hay Brown Video by Sabrina Fang Following is the statement agreed to by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and President Bush, as read...

By Matthew Hay Brown His colleagues may all have left Washington for the Thanksgiving break, but Sen. Jim Webb will be back on the Senate floor Tuesday morning. The junior...

by Matthew Hay Brown President Bush today celebrated the American farmer with a proclamation declaring the start of National Farm City Week – hours after Senate Republicans blocked a vote...

by Matthew Hay Brown and Christi Parsons Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert bid farewell to the House of Representatives this afternoon with a mix of gratitude for the opportunity to...

by Matthew Hay Brown This morning, the Democratic members of the Joint Economic Committee issued a report saying that the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, taking...

By Matthew Hay Brown Lyle Lovett and Alice Peacock came to Capitol Hill today to ask lawmakers to make radio stations pay recording artists when they broadcast their music. But...

by Matthew Hay Brown The oldest living former member of the House of Representatives has died, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today. Augustus Freeman "Gus" Hawkins, a Democrat who represented the...