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As Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) celebrates his milestone today -- he has served in the House and Senate longer than anyone else, ever -- let’s take a moment to

Via Talking Points Memo, Rand Paul -- son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and the Republican nominee for a Kentucky Senate seat -- has some advice for the

This evening, the Senate voted on a proposal by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), one of the most conservative members of Congress, to permanently end the estate tax

While commanding the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, David H. Petraeus famously mused to journalist Rick Atkinson, Tell me how

Conservatives are up in arms about a draft memo laying out ways the Obama administration could amend immigration policies without pushing comprehensive

Speaking Thursday on the floor of the House during the debate over HR 358, the Protect Life Act (pdf) , Colorado US Rep Diana DeGette, head of the pro-choice caucus, characterized the discussion as an absurd extension of one that has been going on for fifteen years. She said the bill is being positioned by supporters as a ban on federal funding for abortion but what it really aims to do is make abortions for a large segment of the country effectively illegal.

Warren Meyer, who runs the website climate-skeptic.com, said younger generations are drawn to “the ‘civilization in peril’ line,” and Anthony Watts of the site Watts Up With That blames the liberal education process.

I noted last week that the push by some Republicans — including, now, Gov. Tim Pawlenty — to review and possibly alter the 14th Amendment to the

Today, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, sent out a statement blasting a Republican plan to keep all the Bush tax cuts, adding an estimated

A faction of Baltimore church leaders supportive of the Democratic Party, backed by Maryland House Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr. (D-Baltimore County), have formed a

Today, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or SIGTARP -- in layman’s terms, the government’s watchdog over the

Joe Miller, now officially Alaska’s Republican candidate for Senate, is another insurgent who fits into a pattern Jesse has identified of politicians shirking

Greg Craig announced his departure as White House counsel on Friday, and you can Google for yourself all the Internet-dispersed acrimony and recriminations that

As last-ditch negotiations between the White House and U.S. House Republicans appear to head south, federal lawmakers seem poised to allow a Friday deadline pass without agreement on a temporary continuing resolution. Without the bill, or something similar in place, a government shutdown looms.

A new law that prohibits the governor from adopting environmental rules that are stronger than federal standards will harm Michigan’s ability to protect the Great Lakes, environmental groups say. This week the state Senate joined the House in approving such legislation .

From a U.S. Central Command press release: The United States government delivered two Bell 412 EP helicopters to the Government of Pakistan today to assist the

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is calling on BP to extend the deadline to apply for relief under a $100 million compensation fund for rig workers who have lost

We’ve been writing for months that a major hurdle facing Democratic leaders as they merge the House and Senate heath reform proposals is what to do with the

The Care Net logo (Pic via gracechapelsomd.org) Care Net, an organization that manages a nationwide network of crisis pregnancy centers, is kicking off a three-day conference in Orlando. According to Care Net ‘s website, the organization stresses a commitment to helping women “facing unplanned pregnancies” and aims to persuade those women to choose “life and hope.” It adds that “the ultimate aim of Care Net and its network of pregnancy centers is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ.” The conference will feature some pretty big keynote speakers.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce logo (Pic via dotflorida.org) In its agenda for the 2012 session, The Florida Chamber of Commerce has said that it will “will fight to stabilize and ultimately lower the cost of the unemployment compensation tax increases for Florida employers.” Last session, the Chamber successfully lobbied for changes to the state’s unemployment benefit program. The result of their efforts : fewer benefit payments to the unemployed and a reduction of entrants into the program. In Florida, the maximum number of weeks someone can receive state unemployment benefits changed from 26 weeks to 23 — and if the state’s unemployment rate continues to fall, that could be shortened to as little as 12 weeks

Just weeks ago, sightings of oily sediment washing up on Gulf Coast shores served as a pointed reminder of the continued devastation of last year’s Deepwater

Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the Commerce Department this morning shows that Americans earned a bit more, spent a bit less and saved more