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With many lawmakers wary of giving the Federal Reserve more power under a proposed financial overhaul, the Fed's No.

State lawmakers and public officials put on blue Environmental Protection Agency baseball caps and accepted $19.2 million in federal money to clean up Delawarea s water.

With little directive from the Obama administration, Congress seems poised to rein in credit-rating agencies that have been tagged as one of the culprits for the bust in the housing market when they gave favorable grades to mortgage-backed securities that were based on faulty loans.

The U.S. government released final rules Monday governing federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells, loosening some requirements that scientists said could have cost them a decade of work.

Safety Advocates Warn: U.S. Road Death Reduction Largely Due to Economic Recession, Gas Prices -- Passage of Priority Safety Legislation Needed More than Ever Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety tool name close tool goes here WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is a statement of Judith Lee Stone, President, Advocates for ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported good news Thuesday: The death rate on the nation's roads fell to the lowest point since 1961 last year.

Though the Club for Growth could prove me wrong, I'm not terribly optimistic that anything will happen to the eight Republicans who voted for cap and trade.

We'd all better hope that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is right. "This bill coming out of the House is going nowhere in the Senate,a he said SundayA on NBCa s a oeMeet the Press.a A TheA bill he refers toA is the Nancy Pelosi cram-down, with the support ofA eight wayward Republicans, of a cap-and-tradeA monstrosity guaranteed to raise the cost of ...

President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scored a major victory with the House's approval of a landmark climate bill -- thanks to a little help from a handful of Republicans.

When a vote is close, any number of reasons can explain it. But, for all the Republican Party's criticism of the far-reaching Obama administration energy and climate control bill that narrowly cleared the House on Friday - by a vote of 219-212 - Republicans are responsible for passing it.

The bill purports to cut nationwide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 using the controversial "cape and trade" program allowing businesses to purchase and sell emissions credits.

The Obama administration has gotten heavily involved in the final days leading to an expected close House vote late this week on climate change legislation to convince skeptical lawmakers in both parties to back the bill.

One year before the 2010 census initiates the politically significant process of redrawing congressional district lines, some lawmakers are making a last-ditch federal effort to overhaul a procedure they say has exacerbated partisan warfare in Congress.

THURSDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers.

The credit-card law President Obama signed last month, making it tougher to boost interest rates and fees, ends a period when the card business had a magic way with Washington.

Rep. John Kline may not be among the most senior of House Republicans, but there is now growing support for him to take the top GOP post on the Education and Labor Committee, according to CongressDaily.

Rep. Mike Castle could be a likely choice to serve as the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, but there's a catch.

Twelve more House members and three more Senators have voiced their opposition to the controversial Performance Royalty rate for radio.

Healthcare, GM's Boxwood Road assembly plant and the president's trip over seas were just a few of the topics that Congressman Castle discussed with the press Friday morning.

Senator John Cornyn , the Texas Republican, was not happy when he heard other Republicans toss around the term "racist" in reference to Judge Sonia Sotomayor , the Supreme Court nominee.