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After my last post about the Columbia Journalism Review’s post on Friday lamenting that most of the media was missing the story on Obama’s disturbing reliance

It been nearly sixty days since he was first nominated, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has finally voted 17-2 today to send Eric Holder’s nomination for

In spite of a series of amendments from Democrats, the Michigan Senate Wednesday morning approved a two-bill package banning so-called “partial birth abortions.” The Republican-controlled chamber voted 29-8 to approve SB 160 and SB 161. The first bill bans the procedure, while the latter bill creates a two-year felony for those who perform the procedure in violation of the ban. The legislation was passed by the House Wednesday afternoon

Word that a retreat hosted by conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch is coming to Colorado has spurred activists across the state into action.

After hitting a wall of moderate Democrats wary of more deficit spending, House leaders on Wednesday scaled back their sweeping proposal to extend certain tax

I wasn’t able to make the Senate Armed Services Committee’s hearing this morning on Afghanistan owing to another commitment, so I had to catch the webcast. And

What did I mean when I said the counterinsurgents were going to be pleased by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ascension to top U.S. general in Afghanistan? Here’s

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep

It’s typical for sitting House members to outraise their prospective challengers, especially this far out from Election Day. They have the advantage of

It appears that way. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) summoned members of the doctors lobby to Capitol Hill Wednesday evening for an update on the

With battles between the GOP and organized labor reaching a fever pitch in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio, Michigan may be the next battleground in what labor advocates are calling a nationwide war on collective bargaining rights. “I think there is definitely a systematic approach to weaken labor because of labor’s involvement in politics and primarily for Democratic candidates,” says Jonathan Byrd, legislative director for the Michigan Laborer’s Council

A Texas-based pro-life group has a serious problem with the way search engines work.

Today, the Congressional Oversight Panel -- the independent watchdog that oversees the Obama administration’s Troubled Asset Relief Program -- issued a report

After a legislative year chock full of big accomplishments, The New York Times reports that Democrats are looking to go small in the lead-up to midterm

It looks like BP’s embattled CEO, Tony Hayward, will be stepping down. And he’ll probably be replaced by Robert Dudley, who would be the first American to take

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag -- who was as involved as anyone with the drafting of the budget outline President Obama rolled out this

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the congressman who shouted you lie during President Obama’s health care address to Congress, was probably the biggest hero at

Politico’s David Rogers has the story of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the powerful head of the House Appropriations defense subpanel, is in intensive care in

They want to kill you; they want to kill me; they want to kill our families, said the chief steward for the union representing workers at Standish Maximum

On June 15, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began an intensified round of employer audits, notifying 1,000 businesses across the country that they

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), one of the GOP’s leading voices against liberal media bias -- he heads the Congressional Media Fairness Caucus and keynoted this

Republicans are having a good time today looking over the wreckage of what Democrats once hoped could be serious re-election challenges for Rep. Pete Sessions