Tom Coburn

CBS' "Face the Nation" looks at the Republican field of presidential candidates. The guests include Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md.; and candidate Jon Huntsman. The program starts at 10:30 a.m. on...

As the United States hit its debt ceiling this week, Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey reiterated his pioneer mission to debunk claims that a default is imminent if the the limit isn't raised. As he has in the past, he admitted it......

Senate Republicans en masse signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday laying at his feet the responsibility to introduce a budget plan for the fiscal 2012 year. There are a few proposals floating around Capitol Hill, including......

It came seven months ago, long before the nation had come within weeks of a first-ever default. President Obama's bipartisan commission on the debt issued its report with a viable plan to cut deficits by $4 trillion over 10 years, as ambitious a target as...

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will visit "Fox News Sunday" at 9 a.m. on WOFL-Channel 35. Other guests are Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. The panel will be Juan Williams, Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney and John Podesta....

SATURDAY The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer Debt ceiling negotiations, tax reform, spending cuts: Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. 3 p.m. CNN The Chris Matthews Show Debt ceiling negotiations and the 2012 presidential race; Rep....

Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators support ending the federal government's tax credit for ethanol production, but upper chamber rebuffed the effort in a vote Tuesday afternoon. Updated: Toomey voted to move debate along on the policy. Casey was at a family....

There's a big difference in the $1 trillion in new taxes President Obama proposed for deficit reduction and the Gang of Six's $1 trillion -- and it's going to make the latter's plan that much tougher to sell, particularly in the House....

Congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. This brinkmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on Social Security and veterans benefits. Interest rates would skyrocket....

Republican Hensarling says federal government must get out of the way of new jobs; Obama says wealthy must pay more taxes....

Also, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Coburn, Jon Kyl, Mark Warner, Dick Durbin, Mike Bloomberg, Dianne Feinstein, Saxby Chambliss, Trent Lott and Dave Camp....

"This Week" starts at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be a guest with the gay couple he will marry on Sunday: Jonathan Mintz and John Feinblatt. The other guests will be former Sens. Trent Lott, R-Miss. and Tom Daschle, D-...