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Latest hand-selected Michigan political news and analysis headlines At least he's not calling Obama an economic fascist : "If we start talking about freedom and personal control and personal opportunities to express opinions and choices, Republicans can be on the pathway to the same kind of success in 2010 that we enjoyed in 1994," Hoekstra said ...

It was a bill with volume and area Republicans in the U.S. House were hard pressed to see value in the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed on a 219-212 vote Friday evening.

Michigan 2nd District Congressman Pete Hoekstra will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Calhoun County Republicans Lincoln Day Celebration June 30 in the Branson Ballroom at the McCamly Plaza Hotel, 50 Capital Avenue SW, in Battle Creek, MI.

I'd say that this is a Sanford-free edition of the polling and political wrap-up, but we have fresh polling data, so that wouldn't be true... SC-Gov: Sanford Should Resign, According to Pair of New Polls Yesterday , we saw Mark Sanford's approval numbers pre-Argentina revelation, and we speculated how far they'd drop.

The brand-new top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, said this morning that he's not wedded to the idea that states should test their students in reading and math once a year in grades 3-8. In fact, he thinks that states should get to decide how often to test kids and in what grades.

Transcript: Iran Roundtable on 'FNS' The following is a rush transcript of the June 21, 2009, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace." This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Twitter users are having a ball grilling House representative Pete Hoekstra over a comment he made yesterday on the micro-blogging service .

IRAN: Over the weekend, street clashes in Iran reached a fever pitch. Protesters threw rocks at police, and gunfire could be heard on cell phone video beaming Iran's violence from the streets.

A parade of Republican lawmakers pressed President Obama on Sunday for stronger public support of Iranians protesting the outcome of the country's contested presidential election, with one senator calling the administration's approach "timid." But many Republican members of Congress held back vigorous criticism, agreeing with Democrats that the ...

U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., says he agrees with President Barack Obama's measured response to protests and street riots in Iran.

Reporting from Washington -- Criticized for failing to challenge the intelligence operations of the Bush administration, key lawmakers have endorsed a bill that would force the president to make fuller disclosure of covert spy programs.

A Republican Congressman is learning today that all it takes to make an Internet meme is stupidity.

The tweet that shall live in infamy. You can't make this stuff up: Representative Peter Hoekstra, a Republican from Michigan, set off a political-blog firestorm when he posted to his Twitter account on Wednesday that "Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House." Presumably he was ...

Rep. John Kline of Minnesota is the new top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra tells Newsmax that the policies of the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress are putting the United States at "greater risk" and providing our enemies with "a bigger opening to attack" the U.S. again.

Ann Arbor resident and venture capitalist Rick Snyder has opened an office in Ann Arbor to promote his possible run for governor.

David Oom, of Grand Rapids, stands downtown after handing out literature for the Tea Party of West Michigan to attendees at Festival last weekend.

From our friend Jake Tapper at ABC News : Obama Administration Says Some Detainees Overseas Are Being Mirandized - and Bush Did It, Too June 11, 2009 The Obama administration announced this week that some detainees captured and held abroad have been read Miranda rights to preserve evidence for a potential prosecution.

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.

From MLive: Former Zeeland High School and University of Michigan football star Jay Riemersma has filed paperwork to run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep.