Dale Kildee News

Seven local agencies have spent more than $1.3 million of taxpayer money on lobbyists in the last three years, shifting dollars away from local services like patching pot holes to instead woo political powerbrokers.

General Motors on Tuesday said Henderson has resigned after eight turbulent months as head of the largest U.S. automaker.

The congressman representing Flint says three post offices in the city that were in danger of being shuttered have been taken off the closure list.

U.S. Rep. Dale E. Kildee's quest for a congressional hearing into Delphi's bankruptcy and its effect on workers and retirees will come to fruition Wedensday in Washington, D.C. The Flint Democrat said in a news release today that the House of Representatives' Subcomittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold the hearing at his ...

Washington -- A Washington state congressman introduced a high-stakes bill today that would help 70,000 laid-off Michigan workers who face cashing their last unemployment check in mid-February. Rep.

A slow, steady stream of water created the Grand Canyon. And Den Black is a slow, steady stream for the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association.

Washington -- Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said when he heard President Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan on Tuesday night, "I got a pit in my stomach that this ain't going to work." The Holland Republican said he is troubled by Obama setting a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home ...

Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner and Manager Robert Belleman kicked off their trip to Washington D.C. this week with a day of meetings with national lawmakers.

The fight over federal funding for abortion moved to the Senate on Thursday as opponents targeted provisions that are not as restrictive as one written by a Michigan lawmaker into the version passed by the House.

There are principled stands against abortion. And there are ways in which current law prohibits the kind of "abortion on demand" decried by abortion opponents -- strictures involving minors, the use of federal funds and procedures to end late-term pregnancies.

While many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, a number of national lawmakers are living comfortably: Figures from 2008 suggest 44 percent of Congress members are millionaires, compared to around one percent of the general population.

U.S. Rep. Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan , along with Rep. Dale Kildee and 33 other members, is pushing new legislation to help young people who drop out of school finish their education.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 9:53 a.m. WASHINGTON a ' President Barack Obama is making good on a campaign promise to have a yearly summit with American Indians to hear their concerns.

WaPo reports today that a number of anti-choice holdouts among Democrats are "threatening to oppose the measure over the issue of abortion to create a question about its passage." "I will continue whipping my colleagues to oppose bringing the bill to the floor for a vote until a clean vote against public funding for abortion is allowed," Rep.

The health care debate is heating up again this week on Capitol Hill and one local congressman is gaining national attention for his support of insurance companies and what he calls "free speech." U.S. Representative Dave Camp of Midland is among the many Republicans celebrating a political victory this weekend.

FLINT, Michigan -- A map supposedly floating around from the city's Zoning Board of Appeals has started rumors at Mott Community College .

Teamsters will be at two Fort Wayne car dealers this weekend protesting what they say are unfair tactics by General Motors Co.

The Canadian Auto Workers president says the union is confident Chrysler Corp. will excel after discussing the company's future during a lengthy meeting.

Washington -- Union car haulers are angry with Chrysler Group LLC for shifting some work to nonunion companies to save money, and they fear General Motors Co.

Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers union on contract changes, a major step in the automaker's efforts to keep labor costs in line with crosstown rivals.