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Next-generation wind turbines and drivetrains will be tested by the Clemson University Restoration Institute, a move that is expected to create hundreds of jobs and place one of the nation's most important sites for wind energy research and development in South Carolina, Clemson officials announced today.

South Carolina's industrial sector was bolstered yet again Monday afternoon when the Department of Energy awarded a $45 million grant to research and develop ocean-based wind turbines at the former Naval base.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will visit the Savannah River Site for the first time next week for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Department of Energy's new Biomass Cogeneration Facility.

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., struck a note for his fellow South Carolinians last week.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. : Boeing today held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the second final assembly site for the 787 Dreamliner program at its Boeing C harleston facility.

Though the the House ethics committee cleared Rep. Sam Graves last month of wrongdoing connected to an appearance by a friend last spring, the handling of Graves' matter has remained in the news.

Nov. 16: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lashes out at some former members of John McCain's presidential campaign staff in her new memoir, "Going Rogue." Now some of the staffers are firing back.

South Carolina stands to gain a seventh congressional seat if population projections hold for the 2010 census.

Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.

Congress recognizes no limits on its power. It doesn't care about the Constitution, it doesn't care about your inalienable rights.

Angry Connecticut residents whose land was taken by their city for private development say the Pfizer Inc.

In early September, Rep. James Clyburn , the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, told Fox News host Andrew Napolitano that, "There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government has anything to do with most of the stuff we do." Unfortunately, writes Associate Editor Damon W. Root, Clyburn was all too ...

Just days after a visiting professor at Williams College pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in federal court, the aftermath of his conviction is still being felt on campus and has led to the postponement of Monday's Congressional Black Caucus symposium.

In early September, Fox News host Andrew Napolitano asked Rep. James Clyburn , the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, precisely what part of the Constitution authorized Congress to enact health care legislation.

MICHEL MARTIN, host: MARTIN: Now we go to Congresswoman Diana DeGette. She represents the 1st District of Colorado in the Congress.

Emerging from a meeting with President Barack Obama, the House Democratic leadership appeared confident Saturday that their health care legislation would pass.

Congress recognizes no limits on its power. It doesn't care about the Constitution, it doesn't care about your inalienable rights.

Democrats in the House of Representatives narrowly passed sweeping health care reform legislation Saturday night, with only one Republican joining in the vote and the minority party nearly unanimous in its opposition.

Close NOVEMBER 7, 2009, 5:32 P.M. ET WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama made a final appeal to House Democrats to vote for a health-care bill, saying "Now is the time to finish the job." View Full Image Getty Images Obama met with members of the House leadership, including from left, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, Rep.

The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky.