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The former Massachusetts governor has taken a look at a 2012 social pledge introduced by an Iowa religious conservative organization and has decided not to sign.

Even before she poses her first question to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner when he testifies before her panel for the first time today, expect Troubled

It hurts not to be taken seriously, and that’s why the Iranian dictator went around boasting that he was going to deliver a knockout blow to the West in his

After a late evening of animated debate Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee is gathering once more this morning for what Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has

Over a hundred religious leaders in New Mexico have released an open letter to lawmakers asking them not to end a 2003 law permitting undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Fox News Latino reports : Leaders from a dozen or so faith affiliations submitted the open letter Wednesday as pastors and rabbis lobbied lawmakers.

NEW YORK, NY -- Lately the presidential campaign has felt like a bad joke, so it’s fitting that Sen. Barack Obama revisited the latest manufactured Republican

It’s not exactly what political campaign contributors have in mind when they write checks to lawmakers, but Rep. Pete Visclosky -- one of three House Democrats

Before Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s June confirmation hearing to become commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, there was a question about whether a veteran

According to a poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the second most popular governor in the country. Also, according to the poll, if an election were held today Senator Mark Udall would cruise to victory

AMES — Former U.S. House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says Iowa is vital to his campaign, and thinks if he does well in the state he’ll earn the right to challenge President Barack Obama .

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Pic by ryanjreilly, via Flickr) U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be giving a speech today about laws recently enacted all over the country that some say will suppress voter turnout among minorities, young people and low-income and disabled voters

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Public Policy Polling released a poll Tuesday showing that Gov. Rick Scott’s approval rate among Florida voters is at an all-time low

At least two Michigan school districts may have violated laws related to sex education in the state in order to play host to a Colorado-based abstinence-only sex education program. A third district did not completely follow state laws in booking the group. Both Homer Community Schools, located south of Battle Creek in Calhoun County, and Olivet Community Schools located in southern Eaton county, played host to the Colorado-based abstinence-only education program called “Wise Choices” earlier this year

James Scurlock, director of Maxed Out, a groundbreaking documentary on consumer debt, steps up to defend TARP oversight panel head Elizabeth Warren today in

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In an encouraging step in the fight to stop Florida’s prescription drug epidemic, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco has received approval from the Pasco Board of County Commissioners to hire 23 new employees, each of whom will be dedicated to fighting prescription drug abuse.

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It’s official: the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has just certified DFLer Al Franken as the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota. The Norm Coleman campaign

At a town hall meeting last week in Florence, S.C., Sen. Jim DeMint acknowledged the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, then shot a warning flare. Democrats, he said, would have no reservations about using an outpouring of sympathy for the late senator to push for passage of a health care reform bill.

Great reporting from Newsweek’s Mark Hosenball about the Obama administration’s debate over CIA (and maybe Joint Special Operations Command) drone strikes in

Two panel experts were called by the health and oversight subcommittees of the House Ways & Means Committee at Friday’s hearing to investigate whether,