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In the battle over Senate Bill 5, proponents have pointed to various studies that claim to show a large disparity in pay between public sector workers and their

Rep. Kenneth B. Horn (R-Frankenmuth) is pro-choice when it comes to light bulbs.

Michael Rajner, legislative director of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus , tells The Florida Independent in a written statement that Sen.

As voluntary mortgage modifications have failed to keep pace with foreclosures, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said

A controversial prayer rally took place at Ford Field Friday and Saturday but many mainline Christian leaders protested the event, calling out organizers for their anti-Muslim, anti-gay and even anti-Catholic views. The Detroit Free Press reports : Organizers for Engle’s prayer event were expecting 50,000 to 70,000 people to show up, but the crowd size was markedly smaller than that, with much of the stadium unfilled

Michelle Obama will make her first appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday. Her husband has already done three visits, but Michelle

On a call with reporters this afternoon, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) and Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colo.) urged their Republican

Pharmaceutical companies and a Saudi prince were among the funders of recent Pentagon junkets, despite their financial interests in U.S. military spending.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) This week, Congress will hold yet another hearing addressing a grievance from Catholic bishops, this time about a recent loss of federal funds.

Imagine my delight when dishonest reporter Steve Hayes cited as another example of journalistic sanity on the Saddam/Al Qaeda lie... dishonest reporter Jeff

The NARAL Pro-Choice America logo (Pic via naral.org ) NARAL Pro-Choice America, a national reproductive rights group, announced today that it sent a letter to President Obama denouncing a federal agency’s recent decision to overrule an FDA request to expand access to Plan B, or the morning after pill, to young women under the age of 17.

The “ glitterbombs ” that have targeted Michele and Marcus Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty were taken to the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday when Minnesota For Marriage, a group that opposes rights for same-sex couples, was showered with glitter from the fair’s Skyride. The glitterbomb phenomenon, homegrown in Minnesota, has also secured a place in pop culture.

In my last post, I asked what it means to disrupt and defeat al-Qaeda, which President Obama said in his speech was the goal in Afghanistan-Pakistan. Denis

Religious conservatives reacted sharply to a vote Friday night in the New York Senate to legalize gay marriage. The National Organization for Marriage pledged

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) just gave Eric Holder the chance to preempt the minority questions on Marc Rich, and I think this quote sums up what his talking

It has been a big year for Indiana’s war against abortion. # At the center of attention has been the state’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood , a chain of women’s health clinics, because some of the clinics provide abortion services. The state is now in embroiled in a legislative battle involving the federal government .

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning took to the airwaves Friday, continuing his defense of a controversial elections bill signed Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott. # During a morning show appearance on WFLA Radio in Tallahassee , he said the measure “does not do anything to truncate” voter registration activities.

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. The White House says that Sen. Mike Enzi’s (R-Wyo.) comments on health care reform might mean the now

Mark Leon Goldberg has a wonderful Daily Beast piece about the Haiti that the U.S. rarely sees: the functioning society that arduously got built in the 1990s