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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced last night, the Senate this afternoon will consider seven amendments before voting on a proposed $2

Since its inception, Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District has elected only one Republican to represent it in the U.S. House. But an upcoming special election for

The White House today issued on its website a certified copy of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate. It confirms, as is well-documented, that Obama

Four Democratic senators are calling on BP to suspend all drilling operations in Libya so the State Department can conduct an investigation into allegations

There were some great moments in today’s McCain campaign conference call with reporters, featuring Arizona’s other senator, Jon Kyl and former CIA Director

Is pleading ignorance the new spin of the coal industry? A leading spokesman for the coal lobby told CNN today that he “didn’t know” if burning coal

It’s not quite like naming an aircraft carrier after a recently retired chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, but creating an Ike Skelton Chair of

Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, was asked today whether the administration will insist on the creation of a separate consumer financial protection

So did you see that bonkers New York Times piece about how you have to disclose all your embarrassing IMs and Facebook messages and Twitters if you want a job

I’ve been writing a lot about this lately, but there are just so many interesting facets to the trials and tribulations of Sen. John McCain as he tries to court

After the provision won a major vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this evening, the House voted tonight to include an amendment overturning

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich -- who bounded onto the CPAC stage to the strains of Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger -- predicted that the GOP will

This morning as I tried to draw up plays for the anemic Bengals offense -- the worst since Coach Marvin Lewis offered a glimmer of hope when he took over six

For the second day in a row, President-elect Barack Obama today emphasized the need for federal belt-tightening during a press conference. To help perform

The magnitude of the hypocrisy of the McCain campaign’s attacks last week against Sen. Barack Obama for his campaign’s ties to Fannie Mae is only now coming to

The White House quickly shot down Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s proposal to tax mileage, but the debate over the idea continues.

The tactic has targeted legislation touching issues as varied as credit card reform, unemployment insurance and Indian health care.

Data from Obama’s press communications reveal a plethora of attacks on his Republican opponents. The campaign tried many tacks to shift the tide.

The budget recently approved by Congress to keep the federal government running through the 2011 fiscal year includes a series of cuts to major federal immigration agencies that will impact immigrants and immigration programs over the next year. # According to the American Immigration Council : # The bar on spending for immigrant integration programs, present in the initial budget passed by the House (H.R. 1), was not present in the final 2011 budget (H.R

I’ve been re-reading Clash of Dynasties, the twelfth chapter of Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson’s campaign history The Battle for America, which is all about

In another fascinating segment from CNN’s immigrant attack dog Lou Dobbs, the popular prime-time anchor last night accused President Obama of pandering to