Construction work continues on the presidential inauguration stand on the west side of the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) 

In this Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has some final words for the media after he announces his choice of former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat in 

Economic crisis faces new Congress

The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama.

Impeachment panel may end without tapes

Members of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment panel say they will move forward despite the possibility that they might not get to hear federal wiretaps of the governor's conversations with aides and others.

Burris plans to take his Senate seat

Roland Burris is declaring himself legally qualified to take his seat in the Senate and says he plans to appear there to do just that.