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After a 12-hour debate yesterday during which senators largely repeated the same arguments for and against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor that we heard

Speaking today at a news conference on derivatives, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) raised the possibility of proposing an amendment to Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s

Responding to The New York Times report that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis’ lobbying firm was on the Freddie Mac payroll until the end of August, the

Although Leon Panetta hasn’t had so much as a single senator come out against his nomination to become CIA director, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Two years ago, many Republicans couldn’t stand him. The longtime congressman from Texas made his quixotic presidential campaign all about the Constitution and

On a slow, rainy Friday in Washington, when all eyes are on presidential politics, this little gem arrived over the ticker courtesy of Defense Secretary Robert

One big surprise and one cruise to victory in the Beehive State, as attorney Mike Lee scored an upset victory in the state’s Republican Senate primary and

This week, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee released a report on Medicaid that outlines cost-saving measures decided upon by 31 Republican governors. Among the policy recommendations is a proposal to require the federal government to pay for the care of undocumented immigrants

Scott Bloch, director of the Office of Special Counsel, is now set to resign, effective Jan. 5. Bloch has drawn some unwanted attention to the federal agency

Thanks to TPM for spotting what appears to be the first big defection from the Clinton camp in the wake of Tuesday’s results in North Carolina and

Here’s why Palin probably won’t run in 2012. Americans are split on an Afghan troop increase. Kerry might be having his best press cycle ever. And he

In a speech to the Center for a New American Security, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy shed light on the approach she’d take as Pentagon chief.

One of the things I most anticipate about the next four years is how the cohort that so massively proved that they can’t be trusted to run or assess U.S.

Remember when George W. Bush was supposed to be considering closing Guantanamo Bay? Explain why anyone ever believed that would happen, please. The New York

Marc Ambinder has a good post explaining the president’s behavior after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried and failed to blow up Northwest Airlines

As the Senate takes up debate on climate legislation, environmental groups slam a biofuels provision.

< Facing a tough (and some say insurmountable) road to the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign announced today that the senator

On the campaign trail in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton likes to talk about Magnequench, a manufacturer of high-tech magnets used in precision-guided

Just when you thought breast cancer screening couldn’t get any more confusing, two national medical groups issued new mammogram guidelines Monday recommending

On a blogger conference call, Adm. James Stavridis, the military commander of NATO, said he was a 100 percent supporter of a much-debated proposal for the