AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

House Speaker Pelosi said late Wednesday that the unresolved issues were mostly "minor, just technical things"

Three years after efforts by Congress to reform the immigration system went down in flames, the issue is slowly re-emerging onto the national stage as two senators from the opposite sides of the political aisle work on crafting another bill.

Speaking on an ABC News Web cast, Rep. Chris Van Hollen said that when former Rep. Eric Massa resigned his seat, "the complaints filed with the ethics committee went away."

It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.

Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues.

NYT: E-mail messages turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators could deepen Sen. John Ensign’s legal and political troubles.