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The 'radical' in question is Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. born cleric who now lives in Yemen.

In this Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, Louisiana Republican Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao answers a question at a town hall meeting in Westwego, La.

As if getting sick with the swine flu isn't bad enough! Some fifty million workers lose pay when they stay home sick.

Updated at 11:50 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday called for sweeping new U.S. government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.

Opening up a major fissure in the US Senate race, Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday that she opposes the landmark health care bill approved by the House Saturday because it contains a provision restricting federal funding for abortion.

Ohio's governor and members of the horse racing industry are concerned that voters' recent approval of casinos in four cities will hurt the state's already struggling racetracks, which employ about 12,000. Gov.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.

Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN.

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Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind recalls being in Berlin when the Wall fell on November 9, 1989, and the emotions he felt then and still carries with hi ...

A majority of Virginia's representatives in the U.S. House voted against sweeping health care legislation, thanks to two Democrats who broke with their party.

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

All but one member of Colorado's congressional delegation has voted along party lines on the health care reform bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.

Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.

The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill.

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

Nov. 07 - Obama urges passage of healthcare. President Obama urged House Democrats to pass a broad healthcare reform bill calling it this generation's moment.

A national spokesman for the Philadelphia transit system's largest union says reports of a tentative agreement were "premature" and the negotiations aimed at ending a five-day strike continue.

Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill could land people in jail.