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These are all still open issues, said Lachelier. There are so many moving parts.

Something that didn’t really fit into my piece this morning about Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani’s presentation yesterday with his

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The Facts in Brazoria County reported this morning that U.S. Rep Ron Paul (R-Texas) won’t be seeking a new term in Congress, planning to focus instead on his

Following the rollout of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act this morning, lead sponsor Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) office sends out a summary of the

Last week, we noted the odd happenings in Ohio’s second district, where Democratic leaders are attacking David Krikorian, a candidate in this week’s Democratic

AARP, the largest advocacy group in the U.S. for retired persons, sued on Tuesday the Department of Housing and Urban Development for promoting policy changes

It seems like piling on at this point, but here’s the highlight of Michael Steele’s gig guest-hosting on Bill Bennett’s radio show. I don’t need some judge

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Today’s shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has elicited reaction from the Human Rights Campaign and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, on which she serves, as well as at least one Tea Party group, which was quick to condemn the attack.

On the floor of the U.S. House today, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner mock-congratulated Republican leadership for fast-tracking Colorado Rep

Daphne Eviatar wrote an excellent piece last week pointing out that private contractors in Iraq are not currently subject to any U.S., Iraqi or international

A new transcript of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) April 9 interview on San Francisco AM station KSFO yields yet another error: On the station’s

President Obama is pushing a compromise cash-for-clunkers program that will bridge the gap between two competing bills and provide a sliding incentives scale,

The New York Times reports that new data shows the number of young and poor families in the country increased in 2010. According to the Times : More than one in three young families with children were living in poverty last year, according to an analysis of census data by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. At 37 percent, it was the highest level on record for the group, surpassing the previous peak of 36 percent in 1993, according to the analysis by Ishwar Khatiwada, an economist at the center.

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. After a tumultuous week that saw the release of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.)

This nugget from Jake Sherman and Patrick O’Connor’s preview of the House GOP retreat deserves more attention. Boehner has told his rank and file to embrace

Amid the debate over Sotomayor’s supposedly activist move joining the per curiam opinion in the reverse discrimination case of Ricci v. DeStefano, there’s