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"This feels like home," said gubernatorial candidate John Freeman, as he addressed the Birmingham-Bloomfield Democratic Party Club on Nov.

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When Rochester businessman Gene Taliercio recently was asked what qualifications he has to be a politician, he asked for the questioner's wallet.

U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, held a digital smack-down with each other this week -- with e-mails flying like fists -- over the ultimate fate of Chrysler.

Months since Chrysler and General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection with a government ownership stake in the companies in exchange for the billions of dollars they received in federal loans, Democrats and Republicans are still bickering over the auto bailout.

Legislation mandating broad regulatory reform in the banking industry continued to take shape Tuesday, with lawmakers approving limits on the amount of taxpayer funds that could be used to dismantle insolvent, "too-big-to-fail" financial institutions.

A showdown is brewing between Oakland County Representative Gary Peters and Senator John McCain.

House Financial Services Committee members continued to clash Tuesday over how to end government-funded bailouts of the financial system, with Republicans charging that Chairman Barney Frank's approach would indoctrinate such an approach while Democrats said it would force the liquidation of risky firms at the industry's expense.

THE "DETROIT FREE PRESS" REPORTS BIDEN WILL BE IN DETROIT ON MONDAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

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.

Health care reform is shaping up to be the pivotal issue for next year's congressional elections in Metro Detroit, with opposing voices on both sides of the issue battling to be heard.

Vice President Joe Biden is making a trip to Detroit to raise money for two Democratic congressmen.

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia. One need look no further than Metro Detroit to see the partisan divide holding up the Obama administration's attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system.

It's risky to draw lessons, warnings or signals from odd-year and special elections because they involve so few races -- isolated snapshots in a vast landscape.

Washington -- Freshman Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, announced Saturday that he'll vote for Democratic-sponsored legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Automakers can expect the U.S. government to be attentive to its multibillion-dollar stake in their businesses next year and selective in its efforts to reshape the industry.

Help is on the way for tens of thousands of Michiganders and their families who have already exhausted their unemployment or will have by year's end.

Vice President Joseph Biden is heading to Michigan to help raise money for two Democratic congressmen.

Shareholders would have an easier way to nominate a minority slate of directors onto corporate boards under controversial legislation approved by a congressional committee Wednesday.

A Senate committee Wednesday afternoon passed a resolution urging the House to override Gov.