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The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, or House Resolution 3, which was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is scheduled to hold a briefing Friday on bullying and peer-to-peer violence in K-12 public schools. Specifically, the

A majority of voters support comprehensive immigration reform that includes legalization measures as well as border security, according to a poll released

Rep. Tom Perriello, a freshman Democrat from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, is facing a tough re-election campaign. Not only does he hail from a

The Federal Reserve releases minutes of its meetings discussing monetary policy and reviewing risks to the economy on a six-year delay, and last week it

Over at Economist’s View, Mark Thoma points out that the placement of the play button on this video of President Bush (at the bottom of the post)

When Obama reprimanded groups like Crossroads GPS and the Chamber of Commerce for soliciting secret funds to fuel GOP attack ads, Karl Rove bragged on Fox

BP says that oil has stopped leaking out of the Macondo well into the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s AP’s story: BP says oil from its broken well has stopped

Following a few cursory introductory sentences at Alcoa’s eastern Iowa aluminum facility, which included ‘the Quads’ moniker he has long used when referring to the Quad Cities area, President Barack Obama got down to business quickly. “Almost every airplane in the world has some kind of Alcoa product in it. Think about that

As Colorado oil and gas officials continue to resist attempts by some members of the state’s congressional delegation to pass federal law compelling the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, Texas, of all places, could soon establish a national model for fracking transparency. The Associated Press is reporting a bill that would require mandatory disclosure of many of the chemicals used in the fracking process was approved by the state House on Thursday and is now being considered by the Senate. “The bill in its current form has widespread support among both Republicans and Democrats and GOP Gov.

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) announced Tuesday that its member organizations had tracked a 13 percent increase in violent anti-gay crimes nationwide in 2010, but the numbers in the state of Michigan appear to be mixed. The report is available here on the NCAVP website.

Sen. Gregg (R-N.H.) began the year as the next face of bipartisanship. President Obama nominated Gregg, the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, as the

Penalties from criminal and civil prosecutions by the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to reach a record high for fiscal year 2008. The agency’s

David Axelrod promises it will happen: White House senior adviser David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Congressional Republicans will ultimately blink in

House lawmakers are currently debating the House oil spill response bill. Nine amendments will be considered on the floor. Here’s a rundown some of the more

More areas will begin allowing local law enforcement to enforce immigration law.

House lawmakers announced a deal last night on their sweeping proposal to tackle climate change, but not before the bill’s sponsors were forced to bow once more

The Associated Press, NBC News and The Washington Post are reporting that President Obama will announce this morning that federal appeals court judge Sonia

The increasingly relevant GOP congressman from Texas has emailed his Campaign for Liberty list in support of Steve Lonegan, the more conservative of the two

The House passed a bill last night that would limit the amount of time an owner of a hazardous liquid pipeline has to report a pipeline accident. The bill,

Despite the recent good news that U.S. home prices rose 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, it’s too early to call a turnaround for the battered housing sector.

These clinics, being held across the country, they’re gap-fillers. But the system is still sorely broken, said Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.).