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Frustrated by decades of automaker resistance to adopting more strict fuel-efficiency standards for their vehicles, Markey and others want to make the rules part of the rescue package.

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and

Last week I urged people to watch Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Jack Murtha (D-Pa) for barometric

Virginia’s Tom Davis, the ranking Republican on the House oversight committee, told The Washington Independent that the Iraq war is a war we fought where we

I asked in an earlier post just what the State Department did with information provided by ArmorGroup whistleblower John Gorman that the office of Sen. Joe

Beef officially squashed. Here’s what Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said about CIA director-(quasi-)designate Leon Panetta to reporters outside the Senate

Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform just hosted a meeting of Republican/conservative/libertarian techie types—everyone from MyManMitt.com founder

When reporters walked up to the ballroom of the Omni Shoreham Hotel to see Bill O’Reilly’s Friday night speech -- he was receiving the Media Courage Award --

Manu Raju talks to Senate Democrats about the Glenn Beck-driven, almost entirely hysterical campaign against czars. The fuel: a letter written by Sen. Russ

Well, of course it’s Tax Day, and while we’ve been a bit preoccupied with all the wacky Tea Party hijinks, it also means that we get to take a look at the

The list of Arizona S.B. 1070-style immigration-enforcement laws challenged in court keeps growing. Now it’s Georgia’s turn

An interesting review of the scientific literature from The Associated Press: People’s emotional well-being -- happiness -- increases along with their income

Support from libertarians and the Wall Street Journal editorial board hasn’t saved Cass Sunstein from the wrath of Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.), a conservative Blue

As the Senate moves this week to pass a very short-term extension of unemployment benefits, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert notes what few voices on

Bloomberg reports that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has picked up seven super delegates today, including Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) who switched his endorsement

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will likely offer the first amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill which is now on the floor and in the

Steve Aftergood at Secrecy News reports on a weird episode: Attorney General Michael Mukasey reacted pretty strongly to a bill sponsored by Sen. Russ Feingold