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It's hard to believe, given high demand for physicians, that 15 years ago the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association complained to Congress that there were too many doctors.

William Daley , the son of one long-time Chicago mayor and the younger brother of another, is forming an exploratory committee as he lays the groundwork for a 2014 challenge to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn .

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock had harsh words for the man who blew the whistle on phone-record spying on behalf of the National Security Administration.

President Barack Obama's chief defense of his administration's wide-ranging data-gathering programs Friday: Congress authorized them, with "every member" well aware of the details.

WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Representative Ron Kind of Wisconsin's Third District and U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican of Illinois recently introduced the Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act.

Senator John Cornyn would have you believe he would repeal Obamacare in an instant to keep the size of government 'small'.

It's the height of hypocrisy: They call for repeal of the law but plead for its dollars on behalf of constituents.

FROMAN CAUSES STIR WITH CAYMAN ISLAND INVESTMENTS . Michael Froman, the president's nominee to lead the U.S. trade office, holds nearly $500,000 in offshore holdings in the Cayman Islands, according to financial disclosure documents - a revelation that caused Republican senators to quickly criticize the Obama administration.

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From left, Jenny Beth Martin, cofounder of the Tea Party Patriots, Jo Anne Livingston, and Darcy Crisp, all of Atlanta, applaud after House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill.

Although all signs are pointing to Urbana native Erika Harold challenging U.S. Rep.

Shuanghui International Holdings' agreement to buy Smithfield would be the largest ever acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese one.

Terry Mattingly IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was already having a rough day at the House Ways and Means Committee when one particularly hot question shoved him into the lower depths of a church-state inferno.

It's not just an IRS official pleading the Fifth Amendment that's slowing efforts to uncover the facts behind the Internal Revenue Service scandal.

I wanted to make sure you caught this weekend's segment on NBC Nightly News highlighting my efforts to reverse a crisis in waiting - the shortage of doctors available to meet our nation's health needs.

Two House members have proposed a bipartisan bill that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to prescribe exercise guidelines for Americans.

Congress last week delved deeper into claims that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative and religious nonprofit groups for extraordinary scrutiny in 2009 and 2010, and kept mum about it until after the 2012 election.

State Rep. and House Minority Leader Tom Cross of Oswego may be considering a run for Illinois Attorney General.

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was already having a rough day at the House Ways and Means Committee when one particularly hot question shoved him into the lower depths of a church-state inferno.

DAN RUTHERFORD, 9-5: There's been good news and bad news for Rutherford recently.