- David A. Fahrenthold
- Reporter
David A. Fahrenthold covers Congress for the Washington Post. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered (in order) the D.C. police, New England, and the environment.
- Biden shares tales of loss with families, friends of military casualties
- Both parties struggling with how to talk about private-equity industry
- ‘U.S. Department of Peace’ may never get its chance
- Insurgents vs. insurgents to push GOP rightward
- Paul stops spending money but doesn’t stop campaigning
- Gay marriage: The ‘unthinkable’ became reality, for some
- Ron Paul campaign: Will his delegates influence Republican National Convention?
- Self-deportation proponents Kris Kobach, Michael Hethmon facing time of trial
- Roger Clemens trial could hinge on whether Congress’s hearings were legitimate
- Mitt Romney’s hunt begins for vice presidential pick
- ‘Buffett Rule’ vs. Ryan plan: Who should chip in more?
- Romney’s ambitious agenda for first day in office wouldn’t be easy to achieve
- In Maryland, D.C. and Wisconsin, Mitt Romney finds his kind of voters
- Court watchers on both sides speculate about health-care mandate
- Mitt’s ‘Romniacs’ united by an uncommon passion for the Republican hopeful
- Illinois primary: Romney wins GOP contest
- Whether Romney or Santorum wins, the road to the nomination will be ugly
- GOP candidates struggle to connect with conservative Southern voters
- In improving economy, GOP sharpens its attack against Obama
- Mitt Romney makes no mention of positive jobs report
- Santorum says he could knock Gingrich out of race quickly
- Romney campaign urges rivals to back out, saying delegate gap is too big
- Romney wins 6 of 10 states on Super Tuesday but Santorum, Gingrich vow to fight on
- Mitt Romney wins the grand prize of Ohio on Super Tuesday
- Obama allies, foes speculate on a big — and hypothetical — second-term agenda
- How Romney's Arizona, Michigan primary wins have changed the race
- Primary results: Mitt Romney wins Michigan, Arizona
- Michigan ‘Prayer Station’ volunteers are political doubting Thomases
- Two Michigan rallies reveal Romney, Santorum flaws
- Rick Santorum’s Inquirer columns offer a window into the candidate’s mind
- In weaving faith into campaign, Santorum resorts to chiding opponents
- Mitt Romney reframes himself as a ‘severely conservative’ governor
- At CPAC, Santorum, Gingrich and Romney try to bag conservative activists
- Mitt Romney was ‘severely conservative’ governor, he tells CPAC
- Rick Santorum touts conservative pedigree
- Despite lightheartedness at CPAC gathering, tension within movement can be felt
- Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry speak to CPAC, as conservatives call for unity
- Mitt Romney’s campaign songs, from sunny to angry
- Defiant Gingrich campaigns in Nevada against long odds
- Gifts and pocket fillers on the campaign trail
- Unity eludes Nevada tea party in GOP presidential race
- Mitt Romney wins Trump backing in Nevada; Newt Gingrich looks ahead to Super Tuesday
- Romney and Gingrich policy ideas mirror their personalities: Pragmatic vs. epic
- Gingrich campaign brings up comparison of Republican revolutions
- Giffords, pairings elicit unity in Congress
- The GOP primary fights for hearts — or minds
- Gingrich comes from behind to win South Carolina primary
- Voters say they opted for Gingrich’s ‘guts’
- Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally; votes from 8 precincts missing
- SOPA protests shut down Web sites
- New Hampshire primary voters get up close and personal with GOP candidates
- Iowa caucuses: One day out
- Major GOP candidates spread out across Iowa ahead of caucus
- Ron Paul’s House record marked by bold strokes, and futility
- Many Iowans struggle with political indecision
- For GOP, ‘repeal and replace’ has been nothing but a mantra on health-care law
- Romney supporters slam Gingrich’s leadership skills, vanity
- Owner of W.Va. coal mine agrees to pay $209 million penalty for fatal explosion
- Newt Gingrich as president could turn the White House into an ideas factory
- Herman Cain’s usual response to trouble: It’s not true
- Cain reassessing his 2012 campaign
- Debt supercommittee might turn out to be a useful failure
- After supercommittee fails, parties pin hopes on 2012 elections
- Debt supercommittee a ‘huge blown opportunity,’ Hensarling says
- Supercommittee ‘painfully aware’ of deadline, Hensarling says
- House, Senate pass budget bill to avert shutdown
- Cain bets that he can stay a Republican front-runner without acting like one
- The supercommittee has plenty to say — if we can understand what they’re talking about
- Negotiators approve spending package
- Supercommittee’s stalemate raises a big question: Can anyone here make a deal?
- Protesters sit in at Mitch McConnell’s office
- Bill to ban phantom EPA dust rule approved by House panel
- In Indiana’s 9th District, lawmakers change and only the anger endures
- ‘In God We Trust’: House reaffirms national motto — yet again
- Capitol Hill cheers Gaddafi’s death, warns of risks to come
- Jobs proposals multiply but go nowhere
- Senate has become a chamber of failure
- Six protesters affiliated with the ‘Occupy D.C.’ movement arrested in a Capitol Hill building
- For some of the rich, budget and tax battles bring worries — of paying too little
- Apocalypse on Capitol Hill: Lawmakers who love to vote no
- Cantor says Republican leaders expect stopgap budget bill to pass House
- Obama pushes on jobs bill while Congress goes slow
- House passes budget extension to avert government shutdown — by doing nothing
- House is having polite year, insult-wise, according to a new report
- Senate chaplain preaches peace to cantankerous flock
- Old debate over raising rich’s taxes plays out on new landscape
- Congress finds, and lists, meaning in Constitution
- Democrats press Europeans on Palestinian statehood bid
- Congress, Obama’s attempt at compromise is short-lived
- House Republicans remain silent for most of Obama’s speech
- Seeking the shaky common ground on Capitol Hill
- No new jobs, as Washington remains divided
- American town halls more contentious than ever, in part by design
- House bills give a glimpse into the tea party’s vision for America
- House page program ends, a victim of budget ills and new technology
- In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington
- Giffords returns to Congress to vote on debt deal
- The moderate middle wins the day
- Gabrielle Giffords returns to House for debt vote
- Moderates likely to push debt limit over the line
- Senate Chaplain puts debt debate into fervent context
- Congress putting its faith in committee
- Senate chaplain implores God to help in debt crisis
- For Speaker John Boehner, an even bigger debt-ceiling test looms in House
- Undecideds endure tough hours of lobbying on debt
- Speaker Boehner, who prefers a light touch, becomes an arm-twister in debt talks
- Boehner, Reid appear to have given ground in debt proposals
- Among House GOP freshmen, uncertainty about next steps on debt
- On the Hill, what’s happened to the art of the deal?
- Among House Republican freshmen, debt-ceiling uncertainty reigns
- Small debt scheme as elusive as a grand one
- Three GOP leaders with three ideas on the debt
- Debt drama boils down to tale of two men
- Boehner’s monumental trial on debt talks lies within his own party
- Stakes are rising, and public disdain of Congress is right behind
- Lawmakers doubtful ‘cut, cap, balance’ will work
- After a week of debt-ceiling drama, nothing is resolved
- Fervent budget-cutters spend big on mass communication
- GOP dissent complicates path to resolving debt-ceiling crisis
- A rock star on the campaign trail, Bachmann wields little influence on the Hill
- Seniors’ groups take to airwaves and Capitol Hill to protect Social Security, Medicare
- Eric Cantor emerges as key player in debt negotiations
- With Republican majority, House loses its resolve for symbolic legislation
- Reid: Senate expected to vote on a Libya resolution next week
- Senate panel backs Libya mission, but rejects Obama stance on congressional approval
- Obama adviser makes case to Senate panel for involvement in Libya
- What Sen. Obama said on war powers, the debt and judicial nominations
- House rejects Obama’s Libya policy but stops short of trying to cut funding
- President Obama hasn’t always agreed with Senator Obama
- House rejects measure to cut funding for Libya mission
- House Republicans set Libya vote for Friday
- Illinois congressman Johnson may be thwarted in bid to call all his constituents
- House Republicans consider bill to revoke funds for Libyan operations
- Obama’s negation of ‘hostilities’ in Libya draws criticism
- Anger ramps up in Congress over Obama’s legal defense of Libya operation
- Tex. congressman explains large credit card debt
- Rep. Anthony Weiner resigns
- Congressmen criticize Obama’s stand on Libya
- Some Republican freshmen in Congress hold major debt, disclosure forms show
- Reps. Boehner, Cantor continue millionaires reign over House
- Boehner pushes for War Powers explanation
- Marco Rubio’s first Senate speech lauds U.S. as worldwide protector of liberties
- House passes another Libya rebuke of Obama
- Sarah Palin e-mails: What was redacted?
- Sarah Palin e-mails released today
- Senate legislation may slow, but quorums continue
- Senators add voices to House rebuke of Obama over Libya campaign
- Sen. Rand Paul: Congress has become ‘an irrelevancy’ on war powers
- Weiner’s constituents say it’s too early to get over Twitter scandal
- Price of Internet freedom? Eternal misquotes.
- James Cole denied Vote by Senate Republicans
- House rebukes Obama on Libya mission, but does not demand withdrawal
- Boehner introduces alternative resolution on Libya
- Boehner says vote on Libya could come by tomorrow
- GOP bill expresses ‘disapproval’ of U.S. military operations in Libya
- As House GOP leaders fend off vote on Libya resolution, antiwar sentiment simmers
- House GOP leaders delay vote on Libya resolution
- GOP freshmen get a tough lesson in politics
- House approves Pentagon authorization bill with Libya amendments
- Gary Locke gets friendly welcome from Senate panel on Chinese ambassadorship
- Lawmakers question whether Obama is adhering to War Powers Resolution in Libya
- Senators introduce resolution to support use of force in Libya
- Obama misses deadline for congressional approval of Libya operations
- With narrow majority, Senate Democrats adopt minimalist agenda
- Battle over national debt ceiling has negotiation experts shaking their heads
- Lieberman leads senators on resolution critical of Syrian president
- Rogers: U.S. should ramp up intelligence spending in wake of bin Laden’s death
- Justice Department nominee remains in limbo after Senate vote
- Why the Senate likes to ‘gang’ around those divisive issues
- Lawmakers urging speedy pullout in Afghanistan unlikely to make headway
- Congress agrees on bin Laden action but not much else
- Sunday talk shows: Republicans, and a Democrat, won’t commit to raising debt limit
- Even in an era of budget cuts, these government programs won’t die
- Budget deal: CBO analysis shows initial spending cuts less than expected
- Budget battle came down to 3 men and their weaknesses
- Government shutdown averted: Congress agrees to budget deal, stopgap funding
- Government shutdown escape hatch? How lawmakers could still beat the clock.
- Government shutdown looks different to workers who toil in Capitol’s basement
- In budget fight, conservatives have put themselves in a corner
- 27% of communication by members of Congress is taunting, professor concludes
- Boehner hasn’t asked Republican freshmen about compromise spending plan
- Can House finance chief Paul Ryan sell his budget to Americans?
- GOP 2012: overhauls on entitlements and taxes, $6.2 trillion in cuts over decade
- ‘Chimps’ delaying federal budget fight
- Facing big decisions, Boehner maintains outward calm
- House Republican freshmen resist potential budget compromise as leaders negotiate
- Despite pressure to reduce national debt, few in Congress use payback program
- Budget impasse leaves agencies in limbo
- Odds of government shutdown rise as parties snipe over faltering budget talks
- Obama signs short-term spending measure that includes some easy cuts
- U.S. urges Americans within 50 miles of Japanese nuclear plant to evacuate; NRC chief outlines dangerous situation
- Energy secretary: Obama still committed to nuclear plants
- Congress members struggle to define message on Mideast, North Africa
- Rep. Peter King’s Muslim hearing: Plenty of drama, less substance
- Peter King’s Muslim hearings: A key moment in an angry conversation over Islam
- In the House, compostable cutlery trashed in favor of old-fashioned plastic
- Federal agriculture, education programs among the first to face budget cuts
The Post Most: NationMost-viewed stories, videos and galleries int he past two hours
Michael Lee discusses the world of sports
Live Q&A, Thursday 11 a.m. ET
Michael Lee talks NBA draft lottery, the Wizards, the playoffs and whatever else readers want.
Featured Reads
Powered by
