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Gov. Scott Walker; Source:Flickr, Gateway Technical College ; Wisconsin Republicans are moving to strengthen their position as a likely recall of Gov. Scott Walker by Democrats nears

First appeared February 26, 2008 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) said it was a mistake holding a

By a 68-29 margin, the Senate approved a jobs bill today that will provide tax breaks and fund public construction projects. From the AP: The Senate is sending

Zachary Roth has a must-read collection of interviews with constitutional lawyers on whether or not health care reform could withstand a court test. And in a

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been pushing the notion that President Obama’s cap-and-trade proposal (which he dubs a light-switch tax) will

Every Friday, TWI will highlight the week’s top immigration news, focusing on the issues that affect immigration policy debates in Washington. Here is the first

The Bush administration has no plans to rescind controversial guidelines restricting enrollment in a popular children’s health-care program, despite a

Nebraska lawmakers, it seems, only need one bill to accomplish what would take two in Iowa : The legalized killing of abortion providers. The Nebraska legislation was introduced by state Sen.

The new poll, conducted by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 46 percent of Americans support the health reform bills moving on Capitol Hill,

The news that dozens of House lawmakers are under scrutiny by ethics investigators -- reported last night by The Washington Post -- will likely stir a small

This Washington Post/ABC News poll is filled with bad news for congressional Democrats, but it also contains one piece of bad news for congressional

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Pensacola (center) (Pic via Facebook) A Wednesday vote by the U.S

Days after the ACLU called for additional protections against sexual abuse of immigrant detainees, Human Rights Watch issued a report today demanding

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Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s campaign sent out a press release early Wednesday morning conceding the Republican primary for governor to former

Conservative celebrity Sarah Palin and right-wing blogger Erick Erickson are just two of the high profile far-right leaders disparaging Speaker of the House John Boehner for the budget deal he hammered out with President Obama and Democratic Senate leaders last week. Colorado “liberty movement” talk radio hosts are unhappy . Colorado Tea Party freshmen Congressmen Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner as well as Colorado Springs conservative Doug Lamborn broke with the Speaker and voted against the budget

TransCanada, owners of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, promised Nebraska state legislators this week to take additional steps to protect environmental safety if the project is approved by the federal government. The Canadian pipeline company made several guarantees to Nebraska lawmakers, including a $100 million bond to ensure adequate funds to clean up after any oil spills, as the state’s legislature considered holding a special session to consider legislation to force the company to change Keystone’s route… In a letter to the Speaker of the Nebraska legislature, Sen.

It’s been an amazing thing: faced with hundreds of pages of documents disclosed last week that explicitly state and thoroughly demonstrate that it’s unknown

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is clearly excited about her 9-point win over Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary. But is it enough to

Daphne Eviatar is guest-blogging for Glenn Greenwald today. The following is cross-posted at Salon. Ever since The Los Angeles Times reported last weekend