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Judging purely by his policy positions, Toomey is well to the right of the average Pennsylvania voter -- but throughout his career, he’s thrived on a personality that’s reasonable, upright, and, at times, downright boring.

Though the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week included lots of expressed concern that the USA Patriot Act compromises civil liberties, the version of

While the oil has stopped flowing from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s important to note that the cap is a temporary fix. Relief wells are still

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on one of Rick Scott’s first and most substantial acts as governor, which drew a legal challenge earlier this year. # Rosalie Whiley, a blind woman seeking to reapply for food stamps, challenged Scott’s authority to suspend rulemaking by executive agencies, an effort intended to reign in out-of-control regulations, but that also ensared agencies’ efforts to do things like create a streamlined application for food stamps. (That specific rulemaking effort, Scott’s lawyers were quick to point out, has since been approved, and is again moving through the process.) # Scott froze rulemaking the day he took office, in his first executive order (.pdf), which also created the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform (aka OFARR)

Mullen says the military should not be deployed without a complementary civilian effort.

Public Policy Polling today rolled out what appears to be a preview of yet another poll result that shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) leading

Big news from Jeff Bader, the National Security Council director for Asia, reporting on President Obama’s meeting yesterday with Chinese President Hu Jintao

State Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) The Florida Supreme Court yesterday ordered courts to changes their procedures, implementing new rules created by a 2011 law making it harder for minors to obtain a judicial bypass around the the state’s parental notification before abortion law. Judicial bypasses are a way of protecting young women from possible harm, particularly young women who fear they will be abused or kicked out of their homes if a parent finds out she was seeking an abortion.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – The loudspeaker sounded a few minutes after the Hot Gun began firing. Attention on the FOB, the voice intoned.

The total number of claims to date is 31,225. Of those claims, only 1,935 -- just over 6 percent -- have been paid.

The collision between environmental protection and coal extraction is nothing new to the Appalachian states, which are home to some of the largest coal deposits

American Crossroads, the conservative political action organization associated with Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, is declaring its intention today to spend more

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed Tuesday that the Senate this year will consider controversial legislation allowing Americans to buy their

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I missed this post by Lew Rockwell, the chairman of the Mises Institute and one of the most quietly influential libertarian writers in America, when it ran last

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, a longtime supporter of strict immigration enforcement, has made pushing for Arizona-style immigration legislation a central part

The Washington Post reported in March that EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson was overruled by the White House in setting an ozone standard. Now, documents

Senate Democrats this week are hoping to pass legislation to repeal, once and for all, the flawed formula that dictates physician payments under Medicare. And