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In a reversal vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to nix ethanol subsidies, much to the dismay of federal lawmakers who advocate for farmers and ethanol producers.

Here’s an interesting tidbit from The Washington Post’s story today on whether BP can rebrand itself following the massive oil spill in the Gulf: apparently

The Senate Armed Services Committee right now is in a brief recess, but the likelihood of getting information out of two invited witnesses formerly employed by

The Obama administration unveiled today a report that says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $100 billion investment in innovation will lead to a

This weekend’s news that inmates at the part of the prison at the U.S. Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, run by Special Operations forces had suffered abuse

When it was launched in March, the Foreign Policy Initiative ’s mission was always to back robust, whatever-it-takes operations in Afghanistan. I see that FPI’s

With Republicans slated to vote next Tuesday on Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R-S.C.) proposal to end the practice of members requesting earmarks in the Senate, Mark

As Allison noted earlier, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson finally feels it’s time for more transparency on Wall Street, especially if unregulated mortgage

The commission Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed to investigate how the Army failed to notice the radicalization of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged

Does a House bill about legal civil procedures provide a way to restore the protection of civil rights in America, or is it an unwarranted gift to trial lawyers

Slate’s David Weigel points to an explanation of why measures that would prioritize spending to keep America from missing payments on its debt (such as one proposed by Central Florida Rep.

Pat Robertson’s American Center for Law and Justice recently provided legal defense for a public bus driver who was fired for refusing to take a woman to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas back in January 2010. According to the lawsuit, he was “ concerned that he might be transporting a client to undergo an abortion.” # Edwin Graning, a bus driver and ordained Christian minister in Austin, has been awarded $21,000 from the Capital Area Rural Transportation System after being fired for refusing to do his job. The Center for Law and Justice has called the settlement “ a win for religious accommodation .” # The woman Graning was hired to transport did not mention she was having an abortion

The group that brought America Undercover at Planned Parenthood, a shaky, 11-minute video shot clandestinely by undercover anti-abortion-rights activists, is

When I was at the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot I met Carl Swensson, an activist from Georgia who was hustling to get people from all 50 states to form citizen

In 2007, Gen. David Petraeus, then the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, testified to Congress about how he envisioned the war ending. It turned out that he had

Guess that historic first vote on single-payer health coverage won’t happen this year after all. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today withdrew his

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Planned Parenthood’s new “Women are Watching” campaign features Allen West on its list of “chumps,” a designation reserved for congressmen and congresswomen with the lowest scores on women’s health policies.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says that the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden can open the door for climate change legislation in Congress

Four leaders of congressional agriculture committees sent a letter to congressional “super committee” members proposing $23 billion in agricultural cuts Monday. The cuts would come in the Farm Bill, which expires next year. The committee members hope the voluntary reductions, which they propose to put together in detail by Nov.

Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, said yesterday that they would soon introduce legislation on pipeline safety. The

Hot off the presses from the McCain campaign, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sent out a mass email to McCain supporters announcing a new group, "Citizens for

Banking on an injunction filed Wednesday against the city, Occupy Dallas protesters are hunkering down as lawyers argue for their right to demonstrate in a city