President Obama is due to present his budget on April 10, and it is likely to include aviation user fees.

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The U.S. Senate "Gang of Eight" of Republicans and Democrats is still putting the final touches on a draft immigration bill that will likely put off the publication that was slated for this week.

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When Congress returns from recess next week, one of the Republican Party's top priorities will be charting out the next fiscal battle - the debt ceiling. The trick for the Republican caucus will be holding together its members.

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Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are expected to file a bill in several days that prohibits closing or slashing funding to any of the 238 towers that the administration has warned could eventually be cut by the sequester.

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Nearly 80 percent of small-business owners say they support Congress undertaking comprehensive tax reform, according to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey set to be published April 4.

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Rules about how the U.S. government can access email or the whereabouts of a cell phone came separately back into the Hill’s focus last month.

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Members of the Republican Party have settled on a 25 percent corporate tax rate as the preferred outcome from comprehensive tax reform, but cutting business taxes that low is rather problematic.

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Lawmakers are backing legislation that would transition Congress to a biennial budget process, a move many feel would give Congress the time and energy to focus on the fiscal policy rather than the looming deadline.

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Business and labor groups reached an agreement over a visa program for low-skilled workers over the weekend, clearing a final major stumbling block in immigration reform talks for the Senate Gang of Eight and making it highly likely the group will finalize and unveil their legislation very soon after the recess.

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On March 28, the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled an energy agenda for 2013 heavy on fossil fuels.

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