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If there was one single campaign action or movement from the past two weeks that could be drawn out and held up as brilliant, most of our panelists believe it is a tiny tag line implemented by U.S. Rep

There is a thing called thoughtful skepticism, but this release from the Republican Study Committee, condemning the EPA’s finding that greenhouse emissions

A GOP congressman calls it quits, but Dems still have more to lose from their retirements. Romer says the stimulus is (partly) to thank for today’s good

Dana Goldstein reports on the negotiations behind the anti-abortion rights ad that Focus on the Family bought during the Super Bowl on CBS. Quietly, the network

Spencer Ackerman has an interesting read up this morning on a forthcoming handbook meant to help Washington policy-makers decide whether to intervene in the

Obama to The New York Times: Mr. Obama said on the campaign trail last year that the possibility of breaking away some elements of the Taliban

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) went forward with a resolution calling for an end to the Afghanistan war yesterday. Predictably, it earned massive and bipartisan

UPDATE: Oct. 6 Amended with a correction. A new congressional proposal to funnel federal grant money from sex-education programs that instruct in pregnancy and

When it comes to the super PAC game, the Federal Election Commission sent clear signals Thursday morning: Stephen Colbert can play, but elected officials should refrain. Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” told supporters via his show, Twitter and Facebook in May that he and attorney Trevor Potter, a former FEC chairman, were asking the FEC to provide an advisory opinion regarding the creation of a Colbert Super PAC. “The American Dream is simple — that anyone, no matter who they are, if they are determined, if they are willing to work hard enough, someday will grow up to create a legal entity that will then receive unlimited corporate funds which can be used to influence our elections,” Colbert said previously.

As a reminder that coal mining accidents are not peculiar to either West Virginia or Massey Energy, two miners in Western Kentucky have gone missing after the

The state’s 12 budget bills made their way through the Legislature Tuesday night as Gov. Mark Dayton waited to sign them, ending the 20-day-old state government shutdown.

Tea Party Nation, the group that sponsored the National Tea Party Convention and announced a clear stance against third parties, is helping the effort to

Members of the House Education and Labor Committee are holding a satellite hearing this morning in Beckley, W.Va., to examine the Upper Big Branch mine

The congressional reaction this week to Israel’s recent and deadly raid on an aid flotilla headed to Gaza has, for the most part, fit neatly into three camps:

Make tomorrow the second time President Obama will talk to Gen. Stanley McChrystal since McChrystal took command in Afghanistan. The White House just announced

Following a meeting with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, said in a press release that the federal agency tasked with protecting the environment has “taken the broad authority irresponsibly ceded to them by Congress, and run wild with it.” Ross also said that the agency “must realize that moms and dads cannot afford thousands more in power bills or plummeting home values.” According to his press release, Ross’ conversation with Jackson centered mostly on the federally mandated numeric nutrient criteria and the future of radiation flyovers. The nutrient criteria were mandated by the EPA after a lawsuit brought by several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the St

The Ingham County Board of Commissioners are debating internally two resolutions which they think will address a “dysfunctional” road commission. The first proposal, introduced by Republicans who are a minority on the board, would demand the resignation of Shirley Rogers, the Road Commission chairperson. A second proposal, introduced by Democratic Commission Chair Mark Grebner, would demand the resignation of all five members of the Road Commission, reports the Lansing State Journal

Conservative policy group Americans United for Life’s stated plans to help defund Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) one state at a time were

Add Randy Dingus to the growing list of Massey miners who have come forward in recent weeks with allegations that the Virginia-based company prioritized coal

Today, the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, headed by Elizabeth Warren, is holding a set of hearings on failed

The Orlando Sentinel is calling on Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) to withdraw his bill (now co-sponsored by 10 other House Republicans) demanding proof of citizenship