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State Sen. Alan Hays , R-Umatilla, last month filed an “Application of Foreign Law” bill for the legislative session that begins next Tues., March 8. According to a right-wing blog, the law is an attempt to “stop the spread of Sharia in Florida.” # Red County blogger Richard Swier writes that the controversial anti-Muslim group ACT! for America sent out the following press release about Hays’ bill: # The American and Florida Laws for Florida Courts ( anti-Shariah Legislation ) has been filed in the Florida Legislature.

While faith-based crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs, continue to receive state and federal taxpayer dollars through the state’s Alternatives to Abortion

T.I. has prudent advice for conflict mediation. Marc Ambinder reports that the dispute over whether CIA Director Leon Panetta or Director of National

When Joseph Stack III flew a plane into an Austin building housing IRS personnel, he left behind a devastated family and a rambling anti-tax and anti-government

UPDATE: When this piece was posted, we reported that McCain strategist Charlie Black said the North Carolina Republican party would not air the controversial

Two great pieces, one at the Daily Beast by Adam Clymer and the other at U.N. Dispatch by Matthew Cordell, take stock of the Kennedy legacy on foreign affairs.

Laura Bush calls out her husband’s political and press opponents in a new memoir. But former National Security Adviser Frances Townsend refutes Laura Bush’s

With the Christmas recess and the seating of a new Congress looming, the Senate will kick off what should be a make-or-break week for the prospect of extending unemployment benefits and tax cuts by holding a cloture vote at 3 pm on Monday. It is expected that the cloture vote — that’s the vote to end debate and take the real vote — will succeed and so will the bill, which now includes the full compromise reached by President Obama and Republican leaders to extend all of the Bush tax cuts for two years and federal unemployment benefits for one year

Florida Speaker of the House Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park (right) (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, told reporters yesterday that the House plans to join two members of Florida’s congressional delegation in appealing a judge’s decision to reject a lawsuit that sought to block one of Florida’s Fair Districts amendments from taking effect. Cannon has been hit with criticism for the Florida House’s participation in the lawsuit, originally filed by U.S. Reps

Here’s an extra anecdote from my National Tea Party Convention notebook. As I reported (and tweeted) on Saturday night, many people arrived at the Sarah

GUANTANAMO BAY -- A youthful-looking woman in a gray suit with long brown hair is known only to us as Interrogator Number 11. She was a military interrogator at

The Lansing medical marijuana clinic at the center of the pot for votes scandal has posted a strongly-worded denial on its website slamming reports that it was compensating anyone for votes. Your Healthy Choice Clinic, located on Michigan Ave in downtown Lansing only six blocks from the Capitol, posted the note from owner Shekina Pena.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is giving a speech right now at the University of Louisville about nuclear security. Its overall purpose is to build

White House officials today will begin their investigation of the horrific explosion that killed 29 miners in southern West Virginia a week ago. But, as in

A poll shows a reasonably close Senate race in Massachusetts -- and GOP activists have their fingers crossed. The final result probably won’t be that close,

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After more than a year idling in the House, a proposal to give the residents of the nation’s capital a voting representative in Congress finally seemed clear

With the recession’s deepest layoffs having occurred two years ago, the number of 99ers is on the rise. But some, like LaDona King, are holding out hope.

Last week, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) asked the White House to lend West Virginia’s lawmakers periodic briefings on the investigation into last week’s

Shirley Sherrod may not accept her USDA job back. Alex Sink (D) leads by 6 points or more over either likely Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s

Republican senators say they can still work with Democrats after health care. A former U.S. general apologizes for his anti-gay remarks about preventing the

A page from the fire boss book -- a log of safety records -- was removed at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners in Montcoal, W.Va., last month,

Though the job of approving or denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline technically falls to the U.S. State Department, President Obama said Tuesday that he will make the ultimate decision on the project. Politico reports : In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department — which was expected to make the decision on the pipeline — will instead deliver recommendations to the White House on the proposal