Capital Briefs.

This section offers news briefs on the U.S. government as of February 2009. According to critics, President Barack Obama answered only 13 questions during his first televised news conference. The web site GOP.gov was opened by the House Republican Conference after criticism that the party lags behind Obama and the Democrats in terms of technology and communications. Representative Todd Tiahrt introduced a resolution stating that Congress should stop passing massive government bailouts.