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Republican Rep. Sam Graves, a farmer from a rural northwest Missouri congressional district, was once a consistent supporter of easing trade and travel restrictions on Cuba.

In the 1970 film Little Big Man , Dustin Hoffman's Jack Crabb recalls his life among the Indians in the days of General George Custer, and the ageless wisdom of his grandfather, Old Lodge Skins.

Facing a continued wobbly housing market, local developers and real estate professionals are lobbying Congress to help prop up sales by extending and expanding a homebuyers' tax credit.

A simmering conflict between the House ethics committee and its fledgling investigative arm has escalated into open combat, prompting watchdogs to warn that lawmakers may be gearing up to kill the new Office of Congressional Ethics.

When the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee counted votes Thursday on greenhouse gas-reducing legislation, no mark stood next to Missouri Sen.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging a vote on her health care bill Saturday in the hopes of forcing to a conclusion a debate that's been raging for most of the year.

Congressman Sam Graves claims to be working on his legislative reading. But where it concerns the 1,990-page health care reform bill, the lawmaker remains confident of his math.

Language translation proves a tricky enterprise, one not meant for the dim. The more cruel readers of this space suggest English is not my native tongue.

The House ethics committee said Thursday it's investigating whether California Rep.

A U.S. House committee has cleared Congressman Sam Graves of an alleged ethics violation.

The House ethics committee on Thursday announced separate investigations into whether two California Democrats -- Rep.

The House ethics committee on Thursday cleared U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri of any wrongdoing in connection with a congressional appearance by a friend last spring.

The following House members have come under scrutiny from the House ethics committee for a wide range of issues.

It's safe to say that Thursday was an eminently bad da y for Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat.

Dona t tell Missourians about taking care of Mother Earth. Theya ve long been stewards of the land, Sen.

The House ethics committee voted Thursday to investigate Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson .

Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson, embarrassed by a foreclosure dispute back home in California, may soon find herself the subject of a House ethics committee investigation.

John Edelman, a former business owner, is taking Warren Buffett's advice by investing in what he knows: home furnishings.

Some St. Joseph residents have received mailers opposing the 63-cent school levy, according to officials of the pro-levy group a oeOur Children.

Rep. Sam Graves says that President Barack Obama's small business initiatives, which he detailed in a speech in Maryland Wednesday, "do nothing" to encourage banks to lend small businesses money.