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As the scramble continues to plug the oil gusher a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico -- and as Senate Democrats promote their long-awaited proposal designed to

Walter Alarkon talks to Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), the freshman Republican who got every member of his party, and all but seven Democrats, to support an

PART 1: A Coast Guard upgrade project, Deepwater, reveals a troubled military contracting system.

Before Mississippians have a chance vote on the criminalization of abortion in the 2011 general election (and before the Mississippi Supreme Court rules whether

The Supreme Court seal (Pic by Hayfordoleary, via WIkimedia Commons ) The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the legal challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law S.B. 1070 is taking center stage in the immigration debate, as supporters and opponents of the measure call on the court to rule in their favor.

Politico’s Morning Money has the text of a memo by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), outlining his plans for the upcoming conference committee to reconcile the House

Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg is set to release the methodology for calculating oil spill claims payments. According to The New York Times , his estimates predict the gulf region will recover by late next year: # Based on the work of environmental scientists, economists and other experts, the report acknowledges that “prediction is not an exact science” but estimates that the gulf should recover by the end of 2012.

An Iowa manufacturing plant recently highlighted by President Obama will take advantage of a state economic development package to launch a $300 million expansion of its rolled aluminum product offerings, creating an estimated 150 permanent jobs. Alcoa, the world’s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, will expand it’s rolled products plant in Bettendorf, known as Alcoa Davenport Works, to coincide with supply demands from the automotive market

ProPublica reported yesterday that claimants are struggling to get basic information about the status of their claims: Dozens of claimants have told

Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul calls his controversial Maddow interview a poor political decision. Still, Paul leads Kentucky’s Democratic

<p>Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), a ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, announced Thursday that his 14th year in Congress

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that the requirement in the federal health care reform law that individuals buy health insurance or face penalties is unconstitutional. It also upheld the lower court’s rejection of an argument by Florida and 25 other states that the law’s expansion of Medicaid is “coercive” to the states. # Today’s ruling holds that the rest of the law can be allowed to stand; the lower court held that the mandate was so integral that the rest of the law should be struck down.

On the heels of our report detailing short-sale flipping and other kinds of mortgage fraud that are on the rise, the Federal Housing Administration plans to

Easily the most curious aspect of the AIG bonus scandal that captivated the country last March was that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who’d proposed to stop

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has put a provision into the next year’s defense authorization -- which

During the Colorado legislative session just passed and during the midterm elections last year, state Republicans embraced Arizona-style anti-illegal immigration policy proposals and harsh rhetoric that alienated Coloradans , including non-white Republican politicians and supporters and, perhaps most dramatically , Latino Republicans. Analysts called that kind of politics a sort of longterm suicide mission given the shifting demographics of the state

Just minutes ago, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moved for the Senate to start debate on the financial regulatory reform bill on Monday, saying, We’re going to move

A group of 20 prominent scientists have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands crude oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Here’s the full text of the letter: The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C