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The results are very, very preliminary, but USA Today's take on Census estimates is that Louisiana will lose a congressional seat when U.S. House districts are reapportioned after the official national head count next year.

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu said Wednesday she will vote for the Senate's health care reform bill, calling the latest version a "dramatic improvement" over previous proposals.

Time is short, the political maneuvering tense and the ultimate vote will be tight, but Sen.

It's relatively new fundraising and political turf for Republicans. Unlike other well-educated and traditionally profitable professions, such as trial law, physicians comparatively are not as politically involved, according to several GOP Members and candidates.

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany today announced the Minerals Management Service awarded a $217,782 grant to construct coastal protections in Vermilion Parish.

Had our expectations in the health-care debate been higher, maybe we'd be more disappointed in the current state of "reform" legislation.

Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, holds a copy of the new study, as she talks about the new mammogram guidelines, Wednesday, Nov.

Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, has introduced a bill in Congress to halt further spending to bail out financial institutions and automakers.

Rep. Charles Boustany, back from a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said the U.S. should send more troops to train Afghan soldiers and police to secure the troubled nation.

Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving.Hunger relief advocates came to Congress on Thursday and painted a bleak picture of a country struggling to meet an increased need for food assistance at a time of high unemployment."In our ...

House Minority Leader John Boehner and Representative Thaddeus McCotter issue a statement that warns the Obama administration's health care reform proposal would provide for "government-encouraged euthanasia" of senior citizens.

If you're a progressive like me, and you're upset by the Stupak amendment, which bars federally subsidized insurance from covering abortions, consider this: What if we had a single-payer health care system and someone like Jeb Bush or Sarah Palin were running the country? Many liberals remain angry and disappointed that single-payer legislation ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate and House would reduce the penalties assessed by the IRS on tax shelter investments by small businesses to put them in proportion with the tax benefits received.

As we've all had occasion to notice, sometimes things don't work in Louisiana the way they do elsewhere.

Rep. Charles Boustany The health-reform bill, which cleared the House last Saturday, says federal funds cannot be used to promote assisted suicide.

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.

Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed from members of their own party to pass sweeping health-care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

The 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference drew more than 750 participants - including a record number of more than 300 bioscience companies in attendance - for its annual bioscience and investor conference.

The final tally was 344 in favor to 36 opposed . Among the nays were three Republicans: Charles Boustany , Geoff Davis , and Ron Paul , with two more GOPers voting present and John Duncan ). All the folks who have represented me in Congress , John Kline , and Bobby Rush voted aye .

Residents might associate the nutria with things that make south Louisiana unique, but the swamp rat is really is a world-class pest.