Todd Zwillich

Senate Republicans who oppose the release of the second $350 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as TARP, are facing an uphill battle. It looks as though Congress will...

Between the ongoing confirmation hearings and increasingly tense negotiations on the stimulus package and TARP, it's sure to be another momentous day on the Hill. Happily, Capitol New...

While one president is on his way out and the other is on his way in, Congress is busily moving ahead with legislation. The Democrats want to have an expanded child health care progra...

Luckily for Roland Burris it appears the U.S. Senate has had an abrupt change of heart when it comes to the seating of President-elect Obama’s replacement. It's all turned to hearts a...

Obama may not be President yet, but Congress isn’t waiting around for him to get to work. This is a big week on Capitol Hill, with confirmation hearings for several cabinet members, p...

The new Congress is in session, and do we have change we can believe in? Not so much. Todd Zwillich, reporter for Capitol News Connection, says its the usual bickering and partisan sn...

When Illinois Senate-Designate Roland Burris arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday, he was turned away at the door. The Secretary of the Senate claimed that his credentials lacked a requi...

As the 111th Congress begins, so does a very special ritual on the senate floor. Incoming senators begin the shuffling and choosing which of the 100 desks in the Senate chamber they w...

It's the first day of school for members of the 111th Congress--and it looks like there won't be a dull moment. Between a showdown over the embattled Illinois Governor's Senate pick a...

Today marks the first session of the 111th Congress and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid knows he's got a full plate of serious issues to handle, and handle quickly. On top of all th...

President Bush offered the American auto industry $13.4 billion dollars in short-term financing that will be drawn from the $700 billion dollar Wall Street rescue program. Another $4 ...

After news that the White House is offering the U.S. auto industry $17.4 billion in short term financing, we check in with an earlier guest, Greg Goodnight the Mayor of Kokomo, Indian...

Congress and the big three automakers are waiting to see if and when the White House will step in with a helping hand for the industry. Congress failed last week to approve an emerge...

Republicans quashed the House bailout bill and proposed a tougher alternative.

Congressional Democrats and the White House have agreed in principal on a plan to lend $15 billion to struggling U.S. automakers.

Democrats in Congress and the President will come through with cash to save the automakers. Plus, help us pick a new name for the position of "Car Czar" "They are willing to try ...

After a tough senate hearing Thursday, the three top automakers are back in Washington to go before the House Financial Services Committee.

Despite a fine-tuned sales pitch to Congress, the Big Three automakers are going back to Detroit empty-handed. It's becoming less and less likely that General Motors Corp., Ford Motor...

"The best way to get them to change the way they do business is have them go into bankruptcy." --Alex Taylor on U.S. auto makers