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I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress. -- Dick Cheney, Dec. 15, 2008 What the cynics fail to

At a breakfast with reporters this morning, California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina responded to a question about whether she would filibuster Obama nominees

Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has an important reason for Americans to vote Democratic this year: Accountability for war

The school voucher bill in Pennsylvania will likely have to wait until after lawmakers return from their two-month summer recess following an 11th-hour push to

Summer 2003 was the moment, roughly, when the insurgency in Iraq began to coalesce. (Naturally, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted no such thing was

Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) was an original sponsor of the DREAM Act, a bill to help some undocumented young people gain legal status through school or military

FBI documents released today reveal the bureau had been gathering background information on the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) pre-Senate dealings with

Via Greg Sargent, a Gallup poll finds 51 percent of the public wants an investigation into the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects

Republican lawmakers this session have been steadily hammering on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s onshore oil and gas drilling reforms that were first announced in January of last year and finally implemented in May .

When the talk of health care reform was generic -- and therefore unthreatening -- the insurance lobby joined a number of other powerful voices in the health

The Michigan Senate voted on Tuesday to repeal the state law requiring those who ride motorcycles to wear a helmet while doing so. The vote was 25-14. The bill now moves to the House for consideration

Following a meeting yesterday with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said he will continue efforts to investigate the

Peter Bergen asks a great question: Since we’re seeing movement toward Karzai-Taliban negotiations, what kind of negotiations should there be? Should

Though Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa,) made it clear he opposed a truth commission along the lines of what Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has proposed, at a Senate

In fairness, this was a rapidly issued apology (near-apology?) by U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. Here’s the statement in full, which I received 20 minutes

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took to the Senate floor on Thursday and talked about the implications of Congress’ cave to the banks on his mortgage cramdown

Party-switching Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) is getting whacked again for his life-long record of supporting Democrats, this time from Tea Party-backed

TOLEDO, Ohio -- The McCain camp has pushed back hard on the notion that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is operating independently from the senator’s campaign -- or, in

Reuters notes that Wall Street types are complaining that coverage of the current foreclosure crisis -- in which banks might have taken houses away from

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam (Pic via Facebook) Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam told state citrus industry leaders Monday that Florida GOP elected officials should be credited for not passing the “mistaken” state immigration laws now in place in Georgia and Alabama. The Ledger reports that Putnam spoke at the 78th annual meeting of Citrus World Inc

As workers around the world participate in May Day celebrations of the labor movement’s past achievements, Paul Demko of TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota

Steve Benen over at The Washington Monthly has a nice commentary on Alberto Gonzales and his recent lament that he’s one of the many casualties of the war on