Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. "I do," Burris said with a grin as Vice President ...

Democratic lawmakers from incoming US President Barack Obama's Democratic party unveiled a 825 billion dollar package aimed at jolting the US economy from a deep recession. The economic recovery package, comprising 275 billion dollars in tax cuts and 550 billion dollars in investments, will be debated by the Democratic-led Congress in the next two weeks, beginning in the House ...

Text of the Senate resolution to disapprove using the unspent $350 billion from last fall's $700 billion rescue package for banks and other financial institutions. The resolution needed a simple Senate majority of yes votes to pass. It was rejected by a 52-42 vote, thus clearing the ...

The US Senate has endorsed legislation that would prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of tickets to the swearing-in of Barack Obama and on Thursday urged the lower House of Representatives to pass the bill. "The presidential inauguration is one of the most important rituals of our democracy. The chance to witness it should not be bought and sold like tickets ...