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Arguing that the town hall forums of August have changed the direction of the health care reform debate, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), said Thursday that he

Third District Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton unseated Democrat John Salazar in last year’s Tea Party-fueled Republican wave election, where voters sought to shake up business-as-usual in Washington. The brother of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, John Salazar is a long-time government employee who served in the state House before heading to Washington for three terms.

With unemployment in Florida remaining at over 10 percent, members of the Congressional Black Caucus who have said job creation is a priority will host several job fairs in Miami-Dade this week. # Rep.

California Republican Chuck DeVore’s senatorial campaign sends over word that it’s severed all ties with Erik Brown, the Orange County GOP consultant who

The political animals that roam Mayor Richard Daley’s City Hall are pragmatic deal-makers above all else, including ideology. They would rather win you over than roll you over. Power politics is a bipartisan affair in the Windy City.

Among the many changes to Michigan tax laws made by the Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder is a provision that could hurt charities in the state by eliminating a state tax credit for contributions

In more strange news from the RNC’s Michael Steele, Politico reports that it has obtained an email indicating that the RNC has been trying to set up meetings

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Some lower-level Democratic consultants have launched what I think is the first anti-Tea Party campaign at TheTeaPartyIsOver.org. There’s not much at the

The Washington Post reports that President Obama said yesterday that the U.S. detention facility will remain open past the January 2010 deadline for closure he

Yesterday evening, Senate Republicans, joined by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), voted against ending debate on the jobs bill, also known

I’ve noted before that conservatives work hard to distance themselves from any threats of fringe, anti-government violence. The case of John Patrick Bedell, the

On Saturday morning, pro-abortion rights activists stood outside the Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston to protest a fundraiser for anti-abortion-rights media

Maybe that crazy lady at the McCain rally was right after all. The Times of London reports that a tribe of Bedouins -- a group of historically nomadic Arabs

TWI’s own David Weigel -- arguably the world’s foremost expert on and chronicler of the birthers -- went on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk

Despite growing public support for a government-backed insurance option to compete with private insurers, a Senate panel on Tuesday twice beat back Democratic efforts to create such a plan.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Pic by ryanjreilly, via Flickr) Talking Points Memo reports that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern over states seeking to “restrict the ability of people to get to the polls” during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday.

At today’s Heritage Foundation briefing, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told the audience of conservative bloggers that ’Republican’ still isn’t a positive

Budget negotiators from the Florida House and Senate agreed to a plan that would privatize state prisons in an 18-county region that includes the southern part of the state — the entire area below a line from Manatee County in the west to Indian River County in the east. # Under the proposal, the Department of Corrections could either award the entire region to a single company, or could divide the region into smaller pieces. The deal would have to be approved by the Joint Legislative Budget Commission

Part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s much-touted strategy switch has been to focus on deporting illegal immigrants deemed dangerous rather than

Under a bill passed by the Michigan Senate yesterday, all public employees must pay at least 20 percent of their health insurance premiums. The vote was 25-13, with one Republican voting against the bill. Proponents of the bill say it will save the state $174 million, as well as saving other public employers in the state about twice that much

Rep. Michele Bachmann hit the cable news circuit this week alleging that the Affordable Care Act contained $105 billion in “hidden” spending

Governor Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island and Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington have petitioned the federal government to change the schedule of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, a move they claim will remove the conflict between federal drug laws and state laws that allow the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries. Colorado will file its own request before the end of the year. Shortly after filing the petition, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed on as well.