Elaine S. Povich

The House Ways and Means Committee agreed Tuesday to reduce the surtax paid by many elderly people for Medicare catastrophic health insurance and to give them the option of dropping...

A portrait of Henry Clay, the ''Great Compromiser'' of American history, hangs in the Capitol Hill office of House Majority Leader Thomas Foley. When compared with Foley, however, Clay could...

His face quivering with anger, House Speaker Jim Wright vowed Thursday that he will ''fight to the last ounce of conviction and energy'' to rescue his political reputation and refute...

An upbeat and smiling President George Bush surprised thousands of supporters and onlookers Friday by leaving the security of his $600,000 armor- plated limousine several times to greet people gathered...

President-elect George Bush on Friday took a first step toward fulfilling his promise of a more cooperative presidency by meeting on Capitol Hill with House Speaker Jim Wright, a Democrat...

Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen pursued a unified attack on George Bush and the Republicans Wednesday, searching for the right words, and the right images, to offset Republican campaign strengths...

Sen. Dan Quayle, in an unexpected, lightning-quick visit to Chicago, asserted to a veterans` group Monday night that he had used ''absolutely no influence'' to get into a National Guard...

Gov. Michael Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen made a pilgrimage to the LBJ ranch Saturday in an effort to link this year`s Democratic presidential campaign to Lyndon Johnson`s ideals of...

Treasury Secretary James Baker, regarded as an architect of tax reform and a stabilizing force in international finance, announced Friday he is resigning to head the presidential campaign of Vice...

Independent Counsel James McKay said in a report released Monday that Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese probably broke the law by filing a false income tax return and by violating a...