After nine months of contentious battles on Capitol Hill, Americans have reached a new level of disgust toward Congress that has left nearly all voters angry at their leaders and doubtful that they can fix the problems facing the country. Whether Republican, Democrat or independent, more Americans disapprove of Congress than at any point in more than two decades of Washington Post-ABC News polling. Read full article > >

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Poll sees a new low in Americans’ approval of Congress

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Can Mayor Gray make a case for trusting D.C. government?

Even as their leaders insist on the need for military cuts, divisions have opened among Republicans about how to chop Pentagon spending that comes to more than a half trillion dollars a year.

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Republicans Split Over Plans to Cut Defense Budget

Senate Democrats are expected to elect the same party veterans as their leaders when they return to work this week, but a new class of junior lawmakers is exerting its influence by challenging the chamber’s sacred traditions and the partisan, top-down governing style that has marked the past two…

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