Representative Mark Schauer News

This holiday shopping season, the one that by tradition begins today, will be the last for long-standing bank overdraft fee practices that will likely hit hundreds of shoppers in the coming month.

Time-traveling pilgrims visit Congressman Schauer's district office to warn of the potential harm of the pending health care bill.

Tim Walberg lost his seat in Congress by only 2 percent of the vote last year during a high-watermark election for Democrats.

The Michigan Catholic Conference sent an action alert Friday urging supporters to contact their U.S. senators about a "completely unacceptable" provision on abortion funding in the Senate health care bill, an indication of the intense interest in the high-stakes debate.

Thank you for respecting a woman's right to choose, Congressman Schauer, and for also having the courage to say what many women think - "The government doesn't belong in the room when these very personal, private decisions are being made." And neither does the religious right, Council of Catholic Bishops and Bart Stupak.

On the average work day, Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon presides over the death of one dog every single hour.

Throughout my career, I've cast votes on bills that were a close call for me. After talking to thousands of families, small-business owners, seniors and health care providers at dozens of local meetings, it became clear to me that our current health-care system is broken and must be fixed.

BATTLE CREEK - Today U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, defended his vote in favor of health care reform by saying it will help insure an additional 36,000 people in Michigan's 7th Congressional District and increase employer-based benefits for an estimated 400,000 district residents.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. A West Michigan lawmaker took some heat over his health care reform vote on Thursday at a town hall meeting.

Abortion funding Rep. Bart Stupak , D-Menominee, has drawn the ire of a liberal group over his successful drive to get a contentious abortion-funding ban inserted into the health care bill that the House narrowly passed last Saturday.

Congressman Mark Schauer shared his view of being a member of the U.S. House of Representatives just after voting to pass sweeping health insurance reform legislation this past weekend.

Tapping anger about stimulus spending, cap and trade, and the pending overhaul of the health-care system, Republicans are lining up to take on freshman Democrat U.S. Rep.

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

Washington -- The debate over a plan to overhaul the nation's health care system that passed the House this weekend is now headed to Michigan.

For Gov. Jennifer Granholm, relief is just an election away. 'It is liberating that I am term-limited and not running.

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.

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

With Democrats and career politicians in power, Washington spending is out of control and the country has become less prosperous and less free, Brian Rooney says.

Wingnuts of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but election ... after election ... after election.

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg has picked up two GOP primary challengers in his bid to regain the 7th District congressional seat.