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The American Civil Liberties Union and other constitutional rights watchdogs have been quick to praise House leaders in recent weeks for resisting legislation

Amid outrage in his home state, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback appears to be skipping out on the upcoming controversial all-day prayer event hosted by Gov. Rick

In Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s statement on the new unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, he argues that it is time the Obama

Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y) will replace Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) atop the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

One day after getting many headlines for suggesting Sarah Palin as Republican National Committee chair, Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips endorsed former

On the Fence Likely Supporters Likely Opponents 17 38 45 On the Fence Senator Stance on Public Option Stance on

Why have the U.S. and the Afghan government not joined to root out Al Qaeda and the Taliban? In part because a chief U.S. weapons supplier to Afghanistan

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Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed, an Algerian national who was captured in Pakistan and turned over to the U.S. military after fleeing from Afghanistan, was ordered

A new report prepared for the Immigration Policy Center finds that illegal immigrants who gained legal status in the 1980s via the Immigration Reform and

A coalition of environmental, labor and renewable energy groups sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) calling for inclusion of a

One of the joys of Internet journalism is that when a piece is too long to incorporate every intelligent perspective from smart analysts, you can just peel some

DENVER, COLO. -- Continuing on the theme of topics missing from Sen. John McCain’s address to the town hall meeting in Denver -- his first stop on his new Jobs

Now that Senate Democrats have indicated that they will not vote on whether to extend the Bush tax cuts before midterm elections, the biggest news in Washington

Emergent Biosolutions has announced that the federal government has extended a contract with the company to continue to produce anthrax vaccines. Emergent , which is based in Rockville MD, makes the vaccine in a Lansing bio-facility. The facility used to belong to the state of Michigan but was privatized by former Gov.

The inspectors general for 64 federal agencies are the government’s frontline against waste, fraud and abuse. It sounds like a salutary public service. But the

More on that NATO defense ministerial. Check out Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ take on the mood in Bratislava: Gates said several allies have indicated that

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) just opened this morning’s hearing that’s supposed to be about oversight of the Department of