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Today, the conference committee merging the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform agreed to water down a provision randomizing the assignment

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) The American Conservative Union announced today that Rep. Allen West , R-Fort Lauderdale, will be a featured speaker at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which will be held in February in Washington, D.C.

Sen. David Vitter, (R-LA), is doing everything he can to keep his earmark-loving reputation alive by seeking roughly $1.1 billion earmarks in the federal 2010

Under intense grilling from Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) this afternoon, Judge Sonia Sotomayor was forced to confront directly her words in various speeches to

The mortgage crisis might have been at the root of the global economic meltdown, but housing legislation seems destined to be among the last things Congress

The American Petroleum Institute is taking issue with a crowd estimate included in a story I linked to yesterday that was published in our sister-publication,

Detainees U.S. Government 32 9 Below is a list of the Guantanamo habeas corpus cases in which the detainee won. Information compiled by Pro

Paul Volcker, former Fed chair and current Economic Recovery Advisory Board chair, says that it’s time for Goldman Sachs to make a choice: Either it’s a bank or

The Community Reinvestment Act has been a lightning rod for conservative criticism for years, but the scorn really took off when the housing market collapsed last year.

Speaking on Fox Business’ America’s Nightly Scorecard yesterday, Associated Industries of Florida CEO Barney Bishop lashed out at the Obama administration — arguing that overregulation, specifically on the part of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, is “killing” the economy. # As head of Associated Industries, Bishop has been highly critical of the EPA, specifically for proposing a set of numeric nutrient criteria to stave off nutrient pollution in Florida waterways. The criteria would likely help rid Florida of its fish kills and algal blooms (the result of phosphorus and nitrogen, often present in industry waste), but would also cost agriculture and utility groups millions.

Smart progressives like Christy Hardin Smith, Eric Martin, and Steve Benen are overthinking Richard Perle’s insistence that neoconservative foreign policy

Immigrant rights advocates can breathe a sign of relief: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) announced this afternoon he will not leave Congress to run for Chicago

Let’s say there’s this really expensive fighter aircraft that you don’t use in the two wars you’re fighting. You’ve got 183 of them coming, but that’s just not

Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith’s Dec. 22 switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP hasn’t played out terribly well so far. And here’s another piece of

Dr. Rand Paul, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky who happens to be the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), is in Washington for two days of meetings,

New York real estate mogul Donald Trump noted he was happy to be doing a telephone event with U.S.

Tales of clunker horror stories have consumer advocates worried the fallout will continue for months.