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By all accounts, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) loves Congress. I have a dream job, a job I love, he said in January, attempting to quash rumors that he’d join

Texas governor Rick Perry today became the fourth GOP candidate to sign the National Organization for Marriage’s anti marriage equality pledge. Tonight Perry will host a fundraiser in suburban Denver , with admission said to be $5,000 a pop

So I guess the island of Palau isn’t taking all 17 Uighurs after all. The Justice Department today announced that four of them were actually sent to Bermuda

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the post of surgeon general to neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, who is better known for his work as a CNN correspondent, The

This is one strange way for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to describe a bipartisan approach to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay: The South

For those who thought that snowmobiles in Yellowstone were a bad idea, watch out! The Bush administration proposed new rules today that would allow people to

Government watchdog bloggers - like those at the Sunlight Foundation and Government, Inc. - are in an unusually happy mood this morning as a bill meant to

As expected the American Family Association’s president, Bryan Fischer, delivered a Values Voter Summit speech rife with rhetoric some have called unmitigated

Gov. John Hickenlooper today dismissed the fears of activists and community members concerned that the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing can contaminate groundwater supplies, but he conceded the state should require the industry to disclose chemicals used in the “fracking” process. “Everyone in this room understands that hydraulic fracturing doesn’t connect to groundwater, that it’s almost inconceivable that groundwater will be contaminated,” Hickenlooper said in the opening speech of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) annual meeting in Denver, according to the Denver Business Journal

In reporting yesterday on the fallout from Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) proposal last week to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the

For a different take on the Beitullah Mehsud killing, commenter Abujeeyun has a great series of observations counterbalancing my own. We got into a bit of a

Everglades National Park (Pic by Rodney Cammauf, National Park Service; via army.mil) An upcoming Water Supply Summit hosted by the Everglades Foundation will include a “Legislative Briefing Breakfast” and a “Capital Lobby Day,” according to information released by the group. The summit will kick off in Tallahassee on Tues., Jan. 17, with a luncheon, and will wrap up the next day with “briefings, meetings, and advocacy to save America’s Everglades.” According to a press release, the event will be attended by top government officials and business leaders and will feature a performance by recording artist Gavin DeGraw

Colorado conservation groups will rally on the sidewalk in front of U.S. Rep

Ouch. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) just lit into Sonia Sotomayor for being a terror on the bench and nasty to lawyers, and for attacking lawyers she

The Democratic majority leader was lauded for his efforts enabling passage of the health care reform bill earlier this year. Now, the party, as well as the

Last month, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno went to the Hill for his confirmation hearing as the U.S.’s new Iraq commander and... no one cared. Odierno, formerly David

Lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a national conservative Christian legal organization, sent a letter to the Anoka-Hennepin School District this week urging it to maintain its “neutrality policy” on sexual orientation. The letter (PDF) comes in response to a possible lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the National Council for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) , two groups that have accused the district of creating an unsafe environment for LGBT students.

As oil from the April 20 rig explosion continues to approach the Gulf Coast, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is not backing down from his advocacy of expanded

Sad news: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has been diagnosed with stomach cancer and will begin chemotherapy today. The 86-year-old is the second-oldest

Anti-gay rights groups around the country will see a cash infusion over the next two years through a plan called Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation.

To build on one aspect of Daphne’s post, there was an interesting debate during the July 7 Senate hearing on military commissions about the degree to which it