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Another broadside launched against Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ budget is that it unduly cuts missile defense. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) brought that up to

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announce competing rallies. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin star in a Citizens United film. Mike Huckabee endorses Rand

John Boehner says he’s never used a tanning bed. Boston mayor says he would slowly torture murder suspects. Jon Steward wonders if our country is run by

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the second of its three-part package of bills aimed at encouraging offshore drilling on Wednesday. # More than two dozen Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure , but the Florida delegation voted strictly along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats in opposition

Pic via WikiHow Though the program was only recently implemented, state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has filed a bill to tweak Florida’s prescription drug monitoring database, known as E-FORCSE.

After Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and his Judiciary subcommittee officially announced its intent to hold a hearing on the Office of Legal Counsel torture

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Tea Party activists turn to an unlikely handbook. On a private call, Tea Party organizers say their goal is to kill health care reform. The AP flatly

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis forced the cancellation of an LGBT event Saturday at the St. Frances Cabrini Church in Minneapolis

VP hopeful doesn’t have Reagan’s Aw Shucks charm, but she plays the small-town America, nostalgia card well.

During this morning’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on torture, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) who chaired the hearing, asked Philip Zelikow, the

The Detroit Free Press reports: As expected, President Barack Obama this morning signed into law a bill extending benefits for out-of-work Americans who have

Excerpts released by C-SPAN in advance of its upcoming series on the Supreme Court, scheduled to begin airing October 4, suggest that some of the more

Allegations that an attorney working for Troy-based Orlans Associates foreclosure giant is allegedly involved in robo-signing drew immediate concerns from lawmakers and activists. “This ‘robo-signing’ practice is degrading our communities and undercutting the integrity of our justice system,” said Congressman Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit), responding to a Michigan Messenger report . “I’m working right now on federal legislation to help struggling homeowners gain additional time to negotiate settlements with their lenders.

I’m pretty sure he’s hinted at this before, but Time magazine gets the, uh, scoop: Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he’s so

From Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s remarks with President Obama at the former concentration camp today: You spoke of humanity, Mr. President. Though unto

More bad economic news from The New York Times: The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of

Guess who’s scheduled to speak at the opening session of next month’s America Israel Public Affairs Committee gala in Washington? Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.),

Two can play at this game! President Obama garnered headlines Friday, when he used his massive email list from the campaign to promote his legislative agenda

Sens. Reid, Hatch and McCain weigh in on Ted Kennedy’s passing. Kennedy’s friends and colleagues remember the lion of the Senate. The SEIU urges Congress

This morning we ran a piece from our finance reporter Mary Kane on how the Bear Stearns deal struck a nerve with housing advocates who have been calling for