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To add some clarity and context to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s disclosure this morning that the U.S. intelligence budget is $75 billion,

Frustrated by decades of automaker resistance to adopting more strict fuel-efficiency standards for their vehicles, Markey and others want to make the rules part of the rescue package.

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and

The Florida Current reports that Florida will be receiving $1 billion in Low Income Pool money after negotiations between federal and state officials.

The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning. On blacklist were,

It took a little while, but the group that -- let’s be honest -- did a lot to make today’s news happen is out with a statement on Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision

Over the past year, Democrats in Congress have fought three times to reauthorize federally extended unemployment benefits, which provide up to 99 weeks of

The Washington Post has an interview with Attorney General Eric Holder in which Holder, for the first time, appears to give himself breathing room to abandon

Just posted to the Senate’s site: 20 Democrats -- mostly from rural, low-population states -- voted in favor of the gun amendment. Two Republicans, Sens. George

The district is the sort of largely white, largely pro-life, conservative area where reporters once found Reagan Democrats, and the sort that needs to flip if Republicans are to take back the House.

Last week I urged people to watch Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Jack Murtha (D-Pa) for barometric

After meeting with Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the White House today, President Obama issued a directive giving Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

The $700 billion bank bailout was supposed to stabilize banks and get them lending again. However, some of the recipients seem more interested in rallying big

In the spirit of self-criticism, something that I see my New START coverage has taken for granted is the support of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the leading

As the Senate awaits the cap-and-trade bill expected to be released sometime before the end of September, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is looking for ways to get

Yesterday President Obama announced his intent to establish a system of preventive detention to stop would-be terrorists from carrying out an act of war --

As predicted this morning, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who was ousted in a landslide 2006 win by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), used his prebuttal to

As chairman of the House oversight committee, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) uncovered critical information about the worst reported abuses of power in the Bush administration.

In 2005, a group of toxicologists published a study suggesting that mothers whose urine contained high levels of an important component of plastics were

The Lowe’s logo (Pic via melissabargains.com ) Petitions containing over 200,000 signatures were delivered to Lowe’s corporate headquarters today, protesting the company’s recent decision to pull its ads from the TLC reality series All-American Muslim . More than 42,000 signatures came from supporters of People for the American Way, which recently called on Lowe’s CEO Robert Niblock to “reject the bigotry of right-wing extremists and reinstate its ads on the show.” Earlier this month, Lowe’s (and several other companies) pulled ads from the program in response to pressure from the Florida Family Association, a group that objected to the show’s portrayal of American Muslims as “ordinary folks just like you and me.” Michael Keegan, president of People For the American Way, issued the following statement earlier today: Lowe’s set a dangerous precedent by caving in to a fringe group that preaches intolerance toward fellow Americans. The TLC program portrays Muslim Americans as the everyday people they are – people who go to work, go to school and pay taxes.

President Obama rolled out his budget proposal this morning, calling for a wide range of new spending measures, but also for deficit reduction through higher