Congressional hopeful Dan Lamb came out swinging at a campaign kickoff event Monday, saying Rep. Richard Hanna’s decisions have been at odds with helping businesses in Upstate New York.

National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, a national poll that tracks the public’s priorities for Congress and Washington -- and its opinions on the policies that Congress is debating. Below are the topline results from the week's Congressional Connection poll.

Here are the grade level scores of the members of the Illinois congressional delegation, ranked highest to lowest: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D): 13.8 Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D): 13.5 Sen. Mark Kirk (R): 12.9 Rep. Tim Johnson (R): 12.4 Rep. Jerry Costello (D): 12.4 Rep. Jesse Jackson (D): 11.9 Rep. Mike Quigley (D): 11.8 Rep. Bobby Rush (D): 11.7 Rep. Bobby Schilling (R): 11.7 Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D ...

Junior members of Congress subscribing to either the far-left or far-right usually spoke with the least complexity, according to the Sunlight Foundation.

Candidates for congressional seats in east and south Arkansas expressed confidence Monday that they can win their parties' nominations outright, but they also prepared for the possibility that a divided...

Washington (CNN) – If the findings of a new study on congressional speech levels represented their actions, senators would be busy passing notes in history class, while representatives attempted to trick the substitute trigonometry teacher. A new study by the Sunlight Foundation found that Congress speaks at an average grade level of 10.6, equivalent to [...]

GOP congressional candidate Richard Clark just sent out a release announcing he's the first in the 6th Congressional District race to sign a pledge to repeal health care reforms championed by President Barack Obama. read more

A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland’s delegation to Washington.

Snail mail lives!  That’s right, it turns out that there are a group of dedicated correspondents  out there, intrepid letter writers who understand the value of a thoughtful personal note.  People who know the thrill of walking to the mailbox and finding …. … Junk. Nearly $10 million worth of junk as it turns out. Can you guess who gets the bill? A story in this morning’s newspaper reports that ...

The last time Tiger Woods set foot on the grounds at Congressional Country Club , he stood on the 18th green of the Blue Course and raised both hands in the air, then awarded himself the trophy that indicated he was both the host of the AT&T National and the tournament’s champion. Those happy, heady times were nearly three years ago. Read full article >>