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Liane talks with Janet Hook, who covers Congress for the Los Angeles Times, about the challenges the new Congress will face in the coming year. Republicans will hold slender majorities in the House and Senate, and consensus will be hard to come by.

NPR's Andy Bowers recaps the latest vote count in Florida. Al Gore leads in the national popular vote, but whichever candidate wins Florida also wins the Electoral College and the White House.

Legislative term limits mean that in Missouri, more than half of the lawmakers in the state House of Representatives will be new. Missy Shelton of member station KSMU examines how these greenhorns will learn to govern.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President Bush's first official White House news conference yesterday.

Commentator Jonathan Kranz remembers his family's time in their first house in semi-rural New Jersey. He says his family was as enslaved by their bad lawn as their neighbor was by his green one.

The Senate Judiciary Committee begins its hearing Thursday on the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general. NPR's David Welna reports.

The Senate votes 89-2 to approve a sweeping intelligence reform bill, one day after approval in the House. The bill now goes to President Bush for his signature. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry both make campaign stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania, seen as key battleground states, as the White House race picks up again following the Democratic Convention.

Tom DeLay's constituents in Sugar Land, Texas, share reactions to House majority leader's alleged ethics violations.

Nov. 8 was the final voting day of the 2022 election, with key Senate, House and gubernatorial races on the line. Follow NPR's live coverage.