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The $600 million border security bill first passed by the Senate last Thursday was passed again by voice vote in a brief session today. Only two senators, Ben

Josh Kraushaar has the news: James Tedisco, the minority leader in the New York Assembly, will be the GOP candidate for Senator-designate Kristen Gillibrand’s

After a good deal of public airing, the Senate last week shot down a proposal empowering a bipartisan budget panel to recommend deficit-slashing strategies that

The Mississippi House on Wednesday sent a bill to Gov. Haley Barbour, which, if he signs it, could mean more comprehensive sex education for state public

A timely reminder from FDL’s Marcy Wheeler that Rahm Emanuel lent his name to the following statement in 2007: Since the time that captured “enemy

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty gave his stump speech to conservatives gathered at CPAC Friday afternoon by offering up a series of digs at Barack Obama

Yesterday, the House passed legislation allowing federal employees four weeks of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child -- a luxury they don’t

Mike Mandel posts a useful chart showing where college-educated young folks are getting jobs: The big picture is that government and professional

State Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) was announced as a speaker at a Lansing rally Wednesday organized by Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who made headlines when he threatened to burn a Koran on his church property earlier this year, but his office denies the accuracy of that announcement. His spokesperson tells MLive.com that the controversial GOP lawmaker will not be speaking at or appearing at the event: “He will not be at the event,” Chris Jones, an aide in Agema’s office, told MLive.com

Business groups are gathering in Washington today to tell Obama they’re not happy with the current and proposed tax and regulatory landscape. The groups, which

Now, we’ve said some dumb stuff in our time. Many of of the comments occurred in the 24-hour Burger King while an undergrad in Evanston, Ill. after a

Wednesday morning’s press conference with Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke was greeted unenthusiastically, as many in the press said the event contained

Blackwater/Xe: an unkillable contracting force, a permanent fixture on the landscape. It can barely lose a contract after killing Iraqi civilians. And now

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President Obama has a 54 percent approval rating, according to a Washington Post/ABC poll. Gallup and CNN polls also show him with a 53 percent approval rating,

According to Bloomberg, Gov. Rick Scott, a strong opponent of federal health care reform, is considering working with the federal government to obtain grants

BP is facing some criticism for apparently altering a photograph of its Houston crisis room used on its website to promote the company’s oil spill recovery

Behind the scenic roads and vibrant economies of the ocean-side southern California areas of Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, lies a patchwork expanse

While the Congressional Black Caucus (among others) pushed unsuccessfully for a major investment in job training to be included in the stimulus package, new

Republicans hoping that voter unrest is targeted largely at the majority Democrats won’t like what they see in the latest Washington Post-ABC poll. That survey