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From the Senate majority leader, following President Obama’s meeting this afternoon with congressional leaders of both parties: We had a very productive

Democrats and Republicans can each claim some victories in last month’s fundraising race -- the Democrats’ national and Senate campaign committees outraised

Led by chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate Finance Committee has just released its highly anticipated Gang of Six compromise health care reform bill.

Remember how the Justice Department was supposed to declassify the 2004 CIA inspector general’s report on the enhanced interrogation program today? Not going

Results of a poll commissioned by NPR to analyze 60 House districts that elected Democrats and 10 districts that elected Republicans in 2008 look troubling for

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An Occupy Miami protester (Pic by Ashley Lopez) Occupy Miami garnered public support from local unions today. South Florida Jobs for Justice, together with local labor unions, held a press conference this morning announcing their support for Occupy Miami. Occupy Miami, a local group protesting in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, is currently occupying government center in Miami .

Last month, a federal court judge ordered the Defense Department to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who the court ruled had been

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today is pushing for the Senate to pass a separate provision authorizing the extension of federal unemployment insurance

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) today is accusing Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, of playing politics with the federal extension of

If you heard a loud thud this afternoon, it might have been the sound of countless civil libertarians and human rights lawyers collectively hitting the floor.

As might have been predicted from the tone of his questioning toward the end of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing last week, Lindsey

In an effort to maintain a cap on carbon -- even a significantly scaled-down one -- in energy and climate legislation, environmentalists are working with

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who thinks trying Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in civilian court is a terrible, terrible mistake, takes Director of National

One of the most vigorous proponents of passing legislation this year to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who

The bill, which overhauls the regulation of everything from the biggest banks to the derivatives used by farmers, passed 60-39. President Obama is expected to sign it into law next week.

Two weeks ago, a Pentagon official thought aloud to me about how the defense industry would resist President Obama’s attempts at procurement and acquisition

The Washington Post has an interesting story today on so-called advocacy-for-hire, in which, the Post says, ideological groups wage stealth messaging

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign unveiled a new plank of its health-care policy on Friday. They outlined a plan to fight cancer, double funding for cancer research

Gershon Shafir has a really perceptive post at the group-blog adjunct to Informed Comment asking what happens in Gaza as the Israeli bombing progresses past its

Via Nate Silver, I’m just now seeing the full crosstabs of a 10/1 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll. Looking it over, it’s tough to see how a straight-up

Michael Goldfarb writes: Is it possible that the Iraqi election experience had something to do with Iranian expectations of an election? If critics of the