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Chad Pergram covers Congress for FOX News. He's earned an Edward R. Murrow Award and the Joan S. Barone Award for his reporting on Capitol Hill.

There's quite a lexicon out there surrounding the Rangel investigation. Especially words that aren't said at all.

Two, tiny, round holes in the door of a House Ways and Means Committee office in the U.S. Capitol speak volumes about the midterm elections and future of Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY).

The timing of a major ethics announcement concerning embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) couldn't have come at a worse time for House Democrats.

One lawmaker thinks honoring athletic teams in Congress is a waste of time.

When it comes to solving disputes on Capitol Hill, Congress should steal a page from the World Cup's playbook and resort to penalty kicks.

The proliferation of hand-hand cameras and flip-phones is suddenly taking politicians outside their comfort zones. And we're seeing them for what they are: human beings.

Congress is a lot like high school. Especially when the bells ring and everyone has to go to their locker. Er, I mean the House floor to vote.

The House didn't vote Thursday to fund the war in Afghanistan. But it did vote on a bunch of other things.

When the late-Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) took the floor, he made the Senate "must see TV."

You think the Isner-Mahut tennis match was long at Wimbledon? You should try the House-Senate conference committee on financial regulation.

The firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal is the biggest story in Washington. For about the next 15 minutes.

Cutting the U.S. budget is like trying to starve a beast. Kind of like cutting off blood to Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors.

Not many Members of Congress pay attention to Congress. Because the sport could be a perfect metaphor for what goes on each day on Capitol Hill.

There's a commodity that often dominates politics each summer. It's called oil.

Terrorists don't have to hijack airplaines to inflict terror on the U.S.

What does a spare fighter engine have to do with repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Everything.

The desire to escape Washington is a palpable desire for many members of Congress. Trumped by only one thing: getting in front of a TV camera.