AP - A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is returning to Congress Tuesday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign.

Reuters - New York's Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said on Tuesday his surprising decision not to seek re-election had nothing to do with a federal probe of his business ties.

Reuters - U.S. Senate backers of a housing bill that the White House opposes cleared a procedural hurdle on Tuesday, moving toward expected passage of the measure that would create a multi-billion dollar mortgage refinancing fund.

Reuters - The Senate could vote as early as Tuesday on a housing rescue plan that would deliver billions of dollars in aid to borrowers facing foreclosure.

AFP - US Senator Hillary Clinton will return to congressional politics this week before staging her first joint appearances with White House contender Barack Obama, a spokesman said Sunday.

AP - A broad bipartisan coalition supporting a massive foreclosure rescue beat back GOP efforts to gut it Thursday, defying a White House veto threat and quashing a bid to make it victim to revelations about two senators' VIP mortgages.

AP - The White House said President Bush would veto a foreclosure rescue the Senate began debating Thursday, as GOP conservatives sought to block the measure amid a scandal over cut-rate mortgages for senators.

Reuters - The Senate will begin debate on a major housing market rescue bill on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday, spurning calls for delay by Republicans who cited concerns about a controversy involving two Democrats and a mortgage lender.