Jon Kyl

Just yesterday, during a luncheon talk in Harrisburg, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey told the crowd that he'd love to be on Congress' new so-called "super committee," but felt he was a long shot. Turns out positioning himself over seven months......

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special panel's goal is lofty: concoct a deal both parties will embrace to slash federal deficits by a mammoth $1.5 trillion or more over the next decade. Yet from the moment House and Senate leaders appoint the 12 members...

The president and others take to Twitter to fight over the debt ceiling, 140 characters at a time....

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 official in the Senate, said this morning that he was optimistic about ongoing negotiations toward a deal on raising the debt ceiling. "I have a much more positive feeling than I did 24 hours...

Also, Mitch McConnell, David Plouffe, Raul Labrador, Chuck Schumer, Jason Chaffetz, Jon Kyl, Dick Durbin, Kevin McCarthy, Ray Kelly, Claire McCaskill, John Thune and Gene Sperling....

Republican and Democrat agree on new debt ceiling, but how and why still separate....

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, will be a guest on "Fareed Zakaria GPS" at 10 a.m. on CNN. The program repeats at 1 p.m. Another guest will be Daniel Akerson, chairman and CEO of General Motors....

"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-...

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

Also, Jacob Lew, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Ron Klain, Tom Davis...

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....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Grasping for a deal on the nation's debt, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders remained divided Sunday over the size and the components of a plan to reduce long term deficits. Noting the need to work out an agreement...