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The House is currently voting to move a standalone unemployment insurance bill, and I’ll update when they are done. But encouraging news from the Senate side

The Omerta Strategy for the defense budget that I outlined in today’s piece comes to an end Monday. According to Julian Barnes of The Los Angeles Times, that’s

Turns out, it depends on whom you ask. Following yesterday’s much-hyped White House meeting between President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, two

Two House Democrats, including one from Colorado, are seeking to question a pair of investors about solar panel manufacturer Solyndra’s financial flameout in Northern California. U.S. Reps.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), amid the post-election hubbub of her tight re-election bid, renewed her call to block the Environmental Protection Agency from

GUANTANAMO BAY -- The prosecution in Omar Khadr’s pre-trial hearing screened what may be its trump card when the actual trial portion of the military commission

Tuesday’s fundraising numbers indicate that just three Republican women have together raised over $20 million for their political committees in the last quarter

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Sometime during this hearing, Omar Khadr’s lawyers intend to call as a witness someone identified only as Interrogator #1. Interrogator #1,

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has been a long-time supporter of creating a government-backed health insurance plan to compete against

A new round of confrontation between demonstrators in Des Moines and law enforcement may erupt Friday night when a temporary permit allowing for 24-hour occupation of grounds on the west side of the Iowa Capitol expires. Participants and supporters of the Occupy Des Moines movement — a loosely-knit group that generally objects to perceived ongoing political and economic inequalities — are currently meeting to discuss a possible path ahead if their permit, state officials say was only issued for a three-day time period, expires at 11 p.m

Turns out the story from the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph that the photos the Obama administration is refusing to release, despite a court order to do so, are not the

If you’re interested in commentary about the the possible economic impact of the oil slick, I highly recommend signing up for the emails from David Kotok of

I guess we should have seen it coming. First, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate on Thursday that the government might want to continue to detain

In 2006, I attended an event hosted by the Robert Taft Club, a proudly un-PC debate society run by young conservative activists who worked at the Leadership

Steve Rosen, who’s trying to derail Ambassador Chas Freeman’s chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council, says this about M.J. Rosenberg from the Israel

In a big win for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Tuesday killed legislation that would have made it easier for Americans to buy their prescription

The discrepancies in the Senate’s version of the stimulus package leaves housing advocates fuming.

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- As we noted previously, Sen. John McCain took a pretty harsh position on whether gays should be allowed to adopt children in a recent

The youthful Republican and ex-Speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives is pushing back against unsourced rumors that he’ll drop out of the 2010 U.S.

This is the best political ad of the decade, in retrospect.

You’ve probably heard by now that the five alleged plotters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks have not only admitted to the deed once again, but cackled and boasted