In September prior to the 2012 presidential election, congressional Republicans held hearings on the 2012 Benghazi attack

Bicameral federal legislature of the United States, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which writes law, controls federal spending and oversees the executive branch. Its two chambers represent states and districts on different terms and hold different constitutional powers.

Elections for the US president and vice president, from primaries and campaigns to the Electoral College.