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Both supporters and opponents of health care reform are mobilizing in the wake of last weekend's U.S. House vote, looking to get out their message through rallies, phone calls and ads.

Millions more women may be subject to abortion restrictions. Last update: November 10, 2009 - 6:36 PM HOW THEY VOTED Five of Minnesota's congressional representatives voted for the Stupak amendment: Democrats James Oberstar and Collin Peterson, as well as Republicans Michele Bachmann, John Kline and Erik Paulsen.

On November 4, the House of Representatives voted 344-36 in favor of a resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which chronicled the war crimes committed during last year's Gaza war.

Unions in Minnesota and across the country are praising U.S. House passage of historic health reform that will expand coverage and cut costs.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is greeted by other Democrats at a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird appeared on the Al Jazeera television network last week to discuss his House vote in support of a United Nations report that concluded Israel violated international human rights conventions in its bombing of Palestinian Gaza 10 months ago.

Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., extended her sympathies Friday to the family of U.S. Army Private First Class Kham Xiong, a resident of St.

There's a story told about Jay Ward, the creator of "Rocky and Bullwinkle": He reportedly bought an island near his home, dubbed it Moosylvania and led a march on Washington to get it declared its own state.

Check out the hospital Maj. Hasan is in; Ellison is probably donating blood for him.

I need to cut a piece of wood that is precisely 36 inches long and 5 inches wide.

Election officer Devon Tutak, left, hands a verified voters registration form to Carly von Schaumburg, holding her daughter Alix von Schaumburg, at the polling site at Alexandria City Hall in Alexandria, Va.

The needs are many--from creating an Election Day holiday, to requiring voting machines that produce a voter-verified paper trail, to re-enfranchising former felons who have served their sentences, to public campaign financing .

The nation may be struggling with a host of problems, including health care, the economy, global warming, and wars on two fronts, but when it comes to religion news the beat is booming.

Video : Rep. Keith Ellison , the first and now one of two Muslims in Congress, broke his silence over Republican calls for an investigation of alleged Muslim intern "spies" by reading the statement issued by the Congressional Tri-Caucus on the House floor.

U.S. soldiers from Stryker Brigade keep watch Tuesday during an operation in Chahar Bagh village in Kandahar province.

The so-called 'Blue Dog Democrats' have been portrayed as Republicans in disguise who repeatedly obstruct efforts at party unity in the face of Republican intransigence.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to compensate Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange for three additional illnesses.

Amounts spent on lobbying this year by some of Minnesotaa TMs leading companies in the medical industry.

Dr. Maureen Reed - a candidate for both the DFL and Independence Party endorsements for Congress in the 6th District - traveled to Washington this week to introduce herself to the Minnesota congressional delegation, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the media and potential campaign consultants.

At least in Minnesota. Next April, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party will hold a convention where they will likely endorse a candidate for Governor.