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As the president meets with congressional leaders Thursday to hammer out a compromise on the debt ceiling, both sides are floating ideas to reduce the national debt. A look at five tax changes Obama might put on the table.

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a temporary measure to keep the government funded through mid-November. These temporary extensions are standard in Washington, and date back to the late 1800s. But they aren't without problems.

Congress is looking more likely to pass a law restricting members' investments in firms about which they have inside information, thanks to a television report last year and President Obama's call during his State of the Union speech.

Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago.

It's not clear yet whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will be a good thing or a bad thing for Democrats. That's why President Obama always treads carefully when asked about them.

Historians and educators are reaching back to the Civil War era to find a Congress so unable to perform basic duties. Two well-known Washington congressional scholars sum it up with a book they are writing, titled It's Even Worse Than It Looks.

Congressional approval ratings are on the rocks, hovering in or near single digits for the first time since pollsters started measuring them. But just how bad is the current congressional stalemate?

President Obama said congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create jobs. In a preview of the speech he will deliver to Congress on Thursday, Obama said "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move quickly on the job front.

It's not just the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are worried about the growing gap between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America. As income inequality has become a hot political topic, Democrats are seeing a populist opportunity and Republicans are starting to change their tone.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner travels to Capitol Hill on Thursday with a warning for freshman lawmakers: They must vote to increase the government's credit limit or risk an economic catastrophe.