Bill Neikirk

Sen. Tim Johnson returns to Senate with wife Barbara to his left. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images by William Neikirk Eight months after suffering a crippling brain hemorrhage, Sen. Tim...

by William Neikirk There are days in Washington when we are reminded that politicians are people, real human beings who encounter life and death as we all do. This was...

by William Neikirk WASHINGTON--President Bush offered new proposals today to help many Americans struggling to make payments on risky mortgages to avoid foreclosure and keep their homes. In announcing his...

by William Neikirk Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he is "sickened" that President Bush and Congress went on vacation "while young Americans in our cities are massacred by people...

by William Neikirk Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has a plan for combating global warming. He would slap a 50-cent per gallon tax on gasoline, end the mortgage tax deduction for...

By William Neikirk Former Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) and one of his forrmer staff members, Pat Durante, had a private standing joke. According to Durante, Hyde told him many years...

By William Neikirk Dennis Hastert may have lost his job as speaker of the House in last fall's congressional elections, but he hasn't lost his love for combat. The Illinois...

by William Neikirk One of Washington's most popular places is the National Zoo. Just a few decades ago, the zoo emphasized Smokey the Bear as a national symbol of conservation,...

By William Neikirk The Chevy Volt came to Capitol Hill today. You can't buy it now, but General Motors hopes that it will be on the market in a few...

by William Neikirk Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today the U.S. economy likely will grow sluggishly the rest of the year because the housing correction is lasting longer than...