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All that’s left is the president’s signature. Here’s the statement from Paul G. Billings, vice president for policy and advocacy at the American Lung

A high school sophomore from New Jersey is challenging Rep. Michele Bachmann to a debate on civics and the U.S

Today, Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) took to the Senate floor to argue for the Americans Want to Work Act, a bill

Nezar Hamze’s application to become a member of the Broward Republican Executive Committee and to create a Muslim Republican Club was denied Monday. Hamze is the executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, whose mission is “to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.” The Miami Herald reports today : Islam and tea-party activism clashed at a raucous meeting Monday night when a group of Broward County Republicans blocked a Muslim activist as a member of the party’s executive committee. Republicans, who changed their rules to publicly vet Nezar Hamze and then vote on his application by secret ballot, said they didn’t oppose him because he was a Muslim — but because he is associated with the Center for American-Islamic Relations, whose Washington-area affiliate was an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal terrorism indictment

Former President George W. Bush’s tax cuts expire in January, and Democrats and Republicans both have committed to extending some, if not all, of the cuts.

Despite efforts by her staff to work with key Democrats on a utility-only climate bill, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is raising serious doubts that such a

The public has a right to know about attempt by lobbyists or special interests to influence the decisions of members on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known informally as the Super Committee. That’s the basic sentiment behind a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S.

Yesterday, U.S.

The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform recently announced that the group will be picketing “Catholic facilities and activities in the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas.” The anti-abortion group wants to force Bishop Patrick Zurek to allow Father Frank Pavone “to resume full-time anti-abortion ministry.” Zurek recently suspended Priests for Life leader Frank Pavone for “concerns about financial improprieties.” According to a press release from the group: To ensure that the Diocese understands exactly what is at stake in Bishop Zurek’s decision to “suspend” Fr. Pavone from pro-life work outside of Amarillo, CBR’s picket signs will include large, color photos of aborted babies. Pickets will be conducted at many of the Diocese’s forty-nine parish churches, with special emphasis on St

Frances Ulmer, chancellor of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and a member of the national oil commission, told her colleagues today at the fourth meeting of

Peter Finn at The Washington Post reports this morning that the Justice Department is questioning military defense lawyers about whether they defended suspected

The administration is expected to appeal a judge’s ruling overturning the Defense of Marriage Act. But doing so could cost Obama the support of gay rights advocates.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed its oil spill response bill today on a 48-0 vote. The Hill lays out the details of a compromise struck between

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero was at the Capitol Wednesday, joining thousands of union members and retirees to protest Governor Snyder’s budget proposal and promote collective bargaining rights for unions. Bernero voiced concern over the fairness of Snyder’s proposed budget, saying it transfers much of the tax burden from businesses to individuals. He particularly voiced concern over the elimination of the earned income tax credit, which grants tax breaks to poor families.

LANSING — Across the Midwest, from Madison to Columbus, organized labor is rallying against legislative and executive moves they say will undermine the ability of workers to organize and bargain collectively. And Michigan is staring down the barrel of very similar questions, debates and legislation. “I am the president of a non-profit that intends to make RTW (Right to Work) a key initiative for the ’11-12 legislative session,” says former state Rep

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but there is the possibility that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) -- who has launched a surprise challenge to Rep. John Dingell’s

It sounds pretty simple: if negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program stall/don’t restart/break down, put together a sanctions package on Iran’s oil

Unions and Democrats aren’t the only groups upset with a decision by Gov. Terry Branstad to deny a tax cut to Iowa’s poor. The nonpartisan Iowa Fiscal Partnership is warning the move harms families as well as Iowa’s ongoing economic recovery

Somos Republicans, a Latino group from the Southwest, wrote an open letter to the future House GOP leadership on Tuesday asking it to reconsider putting Rep.

This is your horrible, dystopian future: John Yoo, the former Office of Legal Counsel official who had a hand in crafting the Bush administration’s detentions,