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The confrontation between Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) and some conservative constituents has been getting a lot of play today -- Inglis told people to stop

More Republican lawmakers are expressing disdain toward Gov. Terry Branstad for issuing a line-item veto to allow the closure of 36 Iowa Workforce Development field offices throughout Iowa. Republicans started speaking out last week , with at least two rural representatives stating the details of Branstad’s plan — closing 36 field offices and replacing them with computers for the public to access — were not made clear, and the savings and expenditures of either closing or operating the field offices were not apparent.

I’m not trying to run this campaign, frankly, as an old guy. I’m running it as I am, which is as a 34-year-old, tobacco-using Green Beret straight out of the military who’s not the most finely polished stone out there, but who is sincere in his desire to fight for his home, Tommy Sowers says.

Frustrated by decades of automaker resistance to adopting more strict fuel-efficiency standards for their vehicles, Markey and others want to make the rules part of the rescue package.

It took a little while, but the group that -- let’s be honest -- did a lot to make today’s news happen is out with a statement on Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision

Reid Wilson has Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) -- respectively the chairman of the DCCC and one of the punchiest House freshmen --

In 2003, then Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the 101st Airborne Division that had participated in the invasion of Iraq, had a running joke with an

I don’t know if it’s a vote of confidence in Massachusetts Democratic turnout or lagging indicator of Coakley’s fumbled campaign--for example, her mystifying

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the

The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning. On blacklist were,

Republican lawmakers and anti–abortion rights group Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life are pushing a ban on abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and after conception, citing a medical and scientific “consensus” that fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks. But according to statements and research from leaders in the medical and scientific communities, no such consensus exists.

The Florida Current reports that Florida will be receiving $1 billion in Low Income Pool money after negotiations between federal and state officials.

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and

<p>Senior management at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the toxins arm of the CDC, got slammed today at a congressional hearing

Via Mark Knoller, the Treasury Department announced that as of yesterday, the U.S. national debt has crossed the $13 trillion mark. The exact number is now

The Department of Labor this morning released its much-anticipated employment numbers for March, indicating that the economy created 162,000 new jobs last

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- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), once a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, shot down hopes from advocates that he’d again push for the cause.

After reportedly saying he had no idea how he’d vote on Sotomayor, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) now says he will support her, according to the Great Falls

A little after midnight, nearing the end of yesterday’s marathon health reform debate in the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) had the

Via Jonathan Chait, we see Vietnam War hero Bud Day -- known these days for his support of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his habit of constantly wearing his

A self-described “center right” Hispanic Republican group announced its two New Mexico state coordinators on Thursday. The Hispanic Leadership Network named Jamie Estrada, a former Bush administration official, and Christopher Saucedo, an Albuquerque attorney, to run the group’s grassroots outreach efforts in the state. In September, HLN kicked off its efforts in the Southwest by holding a conference in Albuquerque having as keynote speaker Gov.