United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Lloyd Grove talks with Rep. Ed Markey, one of Capitol Hill’s toughest BP critics, about the dangers of storm season, the prospects for energy reform—and why nuking the spill is a disastrous idea.

Some of the toughest questions for embattled CEO Tony Hayward last week came from House members who don’t mind taking big checks from Big Oil.

The embattled BP exec was pelted by so many inane questions from the mediocrities in Congress they almost turned the oil spill villain into a sympathetic figure.

Before the pro-life Dem received death threats for voting "yes" on health reform, he coped with his son's suicide. Sandra McElwaine talks to insiders about Stupak’s agonizing last decade.