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A faction of Baltimore church leaders supportive of the Democratic Party, backed by Maryland House Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr. (D-Baltimore County), have formed a

The American people have a right to know what the true value of the assets they now own are, said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).

WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- At a brief campaign appearance here last night, I asked NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to confirm whether he’d spoken with

Joe Miller, now officially Alaska’s Republican candidate for Senate, is another insurgent who fits into a pattern Jesse has identified of politicians shirking

Greg Craig announced his departure as White House counsel on Friday, and you can Google for yourself all the Internet-dispersed acrimony and recriminations that

Iowa’s federal lawmakers are speaking out about the debt ceiling deal, which was passed by Congress Monday night. The deal will raise the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion while cutting federal spending by at least $2.4 trillion.

As last-ditch negotiations between the White House and U.S. House Republicans appear to head south, federal lawmakers seem poised to allow a Friday deadline pass without agreement on a temporary continuing resolution. Without the bill, or something similar in place, a government shutdown looms.

A new law that prohibits the governor from adopting environmental rules that are stronger than federal standards will harm Michigan’s ability to protect the Great Lakes, environmental groups say. This week the state Senate joined the House in approving such legislation .

From a U.S. Central Command press release: The United States government delivered two Bell 412 EP helicopters to the Government of Pakistan today to assist the

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is calling on BP to extend the deadline to apply for relief under a $100 million compensation fund for rig workers who have lost

We’ve been writing for months that a major hurdle facing Democratic leaders as they merge the House and Senate heath reform proposals is what to do with the

The Care Net logo (Pic via gracechapelsomd.org) Care Net, an organization that manages a nationwide network of crisis pregnancy centers, is kicking off a three-day conference in Orlando. According to Care Net ‘s website, the organization stresses a commitment to helping women “facing unplanned pregnancies” and aims to persuade those women to choose “life and hope.” It adds that “the ultimate aim of Care Net and its network of pregnancy centers is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ.” The conference will feature some pretty big keynote speakers.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce logo (Pic via dotflorida.org) In its agenda for the 2012 session, The Florida Chamber of Commerce has said that it will “will fight to stabilize and ultimately lower the cost of the unemployment compensation tax increases for Florida employers.” Last session, the Chamber successfully lobbied for changes to the state’s unemployment benefit program. The result of their efforts : fewer benefit payments to the unemployed and a reduction of entrants into the program. In Florida, the maximum number of weeks someone can receive state unemployment benefits changed from 26 weeks to 23 — and if the state’s unemployment rate continues to fall, that could be shortened to as little as 12 weeks

Today, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or SIGTARP -- in layman’s terms, the government’s watchdog over the

After deleting references to climate change from a study on rising sea levels, a Texas environmental regulatory agency has reached a standoff with the

The 2008 Democratic and Libertarian presidential hopeful resurfaces to give a barely audible endorsement to Adam Kokesh, a libertarian activist who’s running

In a hotly anticipated biography about enigmatic Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the brain behind the iPad and iPhone is shown to have a pessimistic view of the

Former congressman and federal judge Abner J. Mikva and former Illinois U.S. Attorneys Thomas P. Sullivan and Dan K. Webb today sent a letter urging Illinois

Illegal immigrants can only get driver’s licenses in three states: New Mexico, Utah and Washington. As other states crack down on illegal immigration, the three

Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the Commerce Department this morning shows that Americans earned a bit more, spent a bit less and saved more