Senate Dems Plan Investigatory Hearings
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New Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Monday his party will launch investigative hearings next year in response to what he said was the reluctance of Republicans to look into problems in the Bush administration.
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With the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson throwing a spotlight on congressional behavior, House Democrats will try next week to change the chamberÃ¢ÂÂs rules to let outsiders file ethics complaints.
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Congressional Democrats are marking "Sunshine Week" with bills to increase public access to government activities and protect whistle-blowers who expose wrongdoing
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House leaders on Wednesday announced a task force to examine whether an outside panel should investigate ethics problems involving House members.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee may  seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald  about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential  aide Lewis &quot;Scooter&quot; Libby, two senators said on Sunday.
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Senate Democrats are hoping to force at least modest troop withdrawals in the coming months.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat said Wednesday that Alberto Gonzales will face tough questioning during hearings on his nomination to become the next attorney general but is on track to be confirmed.
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Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who is more conservative than many of the other Democratic White House hopefuls, said on Sunday he will form a presidential exploratory committee within a few days.
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The U.S. Senate's top Democrat called Tuesday for a federal investigation into the activities of polygamists in Western states.
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House leaders on Wednesday announced a task force to examine whether an outside panel should investigate ethics problems involving members of Congress.
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The Democratic Party and 18 senators are seeking a pair of federal investigations into Sinclair Broadcast Group's plans to preempt network primetime programing on its 62 TV stations nationwide later this month to air a documentary critical of Sen. John Kerry's antiwar activities.
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The House Ethics Committee voted today to set up a subcommittee to investigate improper conduct between lawmakers and pages.
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Members of Congress vowed today to conduct investigative hearings -- and consider reining in parts of the Patriot Act -- following revelations of pervasive problems in the FBI's use of national security letters to secretly obtain telephone, e-mail and financial records in terrorism cases.
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By LARRY MARGASAK  WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee will ask several Justice Department officials to testify about the firing of eight federal prosecutors and could issue subpoenas if they refuse, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday.
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Democrats raised new questions Tuesday about whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may have known about FBI abuses of civil liberties when he told a Senate committee that no such abuses occurred.
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Democrats today tried to draw attention to Republican candidate for governor Mitch Daniels&#39; 1970 drug arrest, holding a news conference to demand more details about the case.
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Two senior Democratic lawmakers asked Wednesday for a congressional investigation into long Election Day lines, including some that took hours to get through and continued even past midnight.