AP - Between now and Election Day, Democrats say they will use Congress to showcase the kinds of change promised by their presidential candidate, Barack Obama.

AP - Just outside the Senate chamber is a gilded parlor where Hillary Rodham Clinton has passed many times during her pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination. That dream dashed, she'll be back.

AP - Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a global warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases, pushing debate over the world's biggest environmental concern to next year for a new Congress and president.