The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday blew off the Senate's bipartisan proposal to extend a payroll tax cut for two months, instead voting for a conference committee that would work on a bill with the Senate. Problem is, the Senate is already gone home for the holidays, and won't be ret...

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry had the tea party crowd on his side at Monday night’s debate, only to get booed when he espoused moderate-sounding positions on immigration. Now the Texas governor is in a target of some immigration hardliners for voicing opposition to a border fence...