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For President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, the next few months are critical.

After lawmakers had devoured the last of the Kalua Pig at last Thursday night's White House Luau, Nancy Pelosi summoned her team back to the Capitol - to ensure the climate change bill wasn't the next thing roasted on the spit.

What does Republican Minority House Leader John Boehner think of "Cap & Trade" ... or is it crap & trade ? John Boehner called the climate "cap & trade" bill "a pile of $hit". Boehner know his crap, that is for certain.

As the Democratic candidates vying to fill the seat left vacant by Rep. Ellen Taushcher prepared for tonight's debate, grassroots reformer Adriel Hampton congratulated rival Mark DeSaulnier on his bid for re-election to the State Senate.

Washington - Carol Shea-Porter sent a loud and clear signal to the people of New Hampshire about where her priorities lie today by siding with her Democrat leaders and voting for their disastrous National Energy Tax.

Minority Leader John Boehner had a few choice words about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's landmark climate-change bill after its passage Friday.

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The accomplishments of President Obama and his allies in Congress over his first six months in office are - depending on whom is asked - either tackling the recession and heralding a new era of progressive reform or bankrupting the nation with unprecedented speed.

Wayne Trotter 26.JUN.09 Passing President Obama's 'cap and trade' energy program would cost the average Oklahoma family $3,200 a year, Sen.

When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.

It's a "no" on "cap and trade" for U.S. Reps. Nick Rahall and Alan Mollohan. The U.S. House could vote as soon as today on legislation to reduce emissions from coal-fired plants over the next decade, and Rahall and Mollohan, both D-W.Va., said Thursday they would oppose the measure.

One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them.

Listen Live As we move towards a final vote in the House on what's known as the "Cap and Trade" bill, I thought I would list the Democrats who voted against proceeding to debate on the measure dealing with global warming.

Democrats narrowly passed historic climate and energy legislation Friday evening that would transform the country's economy and industrial landscape.

The House approved sweeping legislation Friday that seeks to reduce global warming by limiting the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by power and chemical plants, oil refineries and major manufacturers.

We don't know what favors, if any, U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Ohio, was promised by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and possibly President Barack Obama.

After an intense all-day battle on Capitol Hill, House Democrats narrowly passed an ambitious climate-change bill late Friday, overcoming a huge hurdle on the way toward regulating greenhouse gas emission in the United States.

Just two days after voting "no" on "cap and trade" legislation pushed by Democratic House leadership, U.S. Rep.

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping climate-change bill Friday a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that left Republicans fuming about a "national energy tax" they said would exacerbate the nation's economic woes.