Dan Burton News Archives

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives asked congressional investigators on Thursday to determine whether the U.S. State Deparmet ndth US.amasadr toTeucgapapatiipte i te Jun 28 coup that removed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and in the events that have followed.

A top Treasury Department official has ordered pay cuts for the 25 highest-paid executives at seven companies that received government bail-outs. But he says he doesn't want broader powers to reduce salaries in the rest of the U.S. financial sector.

On Wednesday, October 28, the Special Master for Troubled Asset Relief Program Executive Compensation Kenneth Feinberg testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Obama Administration 'Pay Czar' Kenneth Feinberg told members of Congress Wednesday that he opposes extending pay restriction imposed on the largest federal bailout recipients beyond those seven firms.

Nicole Kidman testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. An occasional look at the Hollywood missionaries flocking to enlighten our city.

Oklahoma lawmakers in Washington talk about how it could help the country. SUPPORTER T. Boone Pickens: "We are swimming in natural gas," the energy billionaire said.

New campaign reports show that the four Republicans planning to challenge longtime Indiana U.S. Rep ... Please log in to read the rest of this story.

Indiana's Representative Dan Burton made a round of Central Indiana Saturday, holding a series of town hall meetings.

Heavy hitters There's little doubt the race for the District 30 seat in the Indiana House next year will garner plenty of statewide attention.

New campaign reports show that the four Republicans planning to challenge longtime Indiana Congressman Dan Burton in next year's GOP primary combined to raise more than double what he did in the past three months.

Some columns are easier to write than others. This is one of them. Providing all of my research were the "family values" Republicans.

Dedicated to the advancement of the State of Indiana by re-affirming our state's constitutional principles that: all people are created equal; no religious test shall be imposed on our public officials and offices of trust; and no special privileges or immunities shall be granted to any class of citizens which are not granted on the same terms to ...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 An anonymous letter arrived in the mailboxes of several area news sources today, including this blog.

A Lancet comment examines an Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria program to help countries procure subsidized artemisinin-based combination treatments .

Thousands descended on Greenfield for the 40th annual Riley Festival. Despite forecasts of rain, Mother Nature favored the festival-goers by mostly confining the showers to the overnight hours.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of adding disability, gender and sexual orientation to the list of hate crime protections over Republican objections that it was tucked inside a defense bill, The New York Times reported.

Reporting from Washington - A long-debated bill to strengthen the federal hate-crime law to cover violence against gays moved through the Democratic-controlled House today over Republican objections that it was attached to a defense bill.

A successful campaign tool used by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is making an appearance in races across the Hoosier state this fall.

Governor Mitch Daniels won two elections by campaigning in a recreational vehicle.

The U.S. Congress has spent recent weeks in intensifying a push for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

As one of 18,000 legally wed same-sex couples in California, Brad Levenson and Tony Sears file state income taxes as a married couple.