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Just released from the Senate Armed Services Committee: This afternoon, June 26, 2008, the committee was able to establish a quorum and voted, by voice

The markup session for the landmark Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill is underway in the House Energy and Commerce Committee (live webcast from C-SPAN). And

In all of the NRSC’s press releases on the Harry Reid flap, this line from spokesman Brian Walsh jumped out at me. Does Harry Reid believe that as the

CHICAGO, Ill. - Sen. Barack Obama cast his vote this morning, both daughters in tow, and announced that the experience was a hit. I feel great and it

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has shot down Indiana’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood in its Medicaid plan.

With so much speculation on whether Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will support the health reform bill finalized by the Senate Finance Committee last week, the

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The CIA’s Office of Medical Services was very clear in its September 2003 guidelines about the objective of the enhanced interrogation techniques were. In

Republicans began the year in worse shape than they’d been in since the 1970s. These ten conservatives helped shift the party’s power base and reignite its prospects for 2010.

Natural gas explosions resulted in 10 deaths and 59 injuries last year. But the federal oversight agency responsible for natural gas lines does not oversee millions of miles of them.

Here’s the video of the day: Neil Cavuto of Fox News reacting to the Dow Jones index’s recovery by asking his first guest whether former President George W.

Defenders of the Keystone XL pipeline have argued that the project is important for creating up to 20,000 new jobs in a struggling economy, but TransCanada, which owns the pipeline, said late last week that the number of permanent jobs would only number in the hundreds.

Yesterday we broke the story of how Philip Mudd, the well-respected FBI/CIA al-Qaeda and terrorism analyst, quietly retired from government service. Today the

I just talked to Frank Llewellyn, the national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, who was understandably nonplussed by the Republican National

U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina was one of three Democrats to vote Wednesday for the repeal of the federal health care law, The Patient Protection and

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) records a promotional video for the Take the Town Halls to DC campaign, promising activists some more results for this bout of

Via USA Today, White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer has denied that the administration is pressuring Senate Democrats to forge a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman

Sarah Palin, not to be deterred by the mixed reception New Hampshire voters gave her endorsement of GOP senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, is back on the campaign

Some ironic news: The majority of illegal immigrants in Mexico are from the U.S., Mexico’s federal bureau of immigration told the GlobalPost this week. But

President Obama’s team of advisers, initially touted for its wealth of experience and qualifications, continues to unravel as Nancy Killefer withdraws her

One quick thing that I didn’t mention in today’s piece about a training session and media meet-and-greet that FreedomWorks held for Tea Party activists was the