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House Republicans railed Friday against a plan to raise the federal debt limit by $1.8 trillion, accusing Democrats of trying to hide their profligacy by tacking it on to a must-pass defense bill.

The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's Wall Street failures that plunged the nation deep into recession.

Republicans in the House are trying to derail Democratic efforts to lift the national debt limit, though they acknowledge it may be too late this time around.

The newest Red State offering : Lately, we have collectively been saying a lot of people are conservatives, the noun, when we should be saying they are conservative, the adjective.

Congress is poised to lift the federal borrowing limit by as much as $1.8 trillion before the end of this year, a number large enough to avoid revisiting the matter next year when Democrats will have to defend their majority in midterm elections.

Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the state's congressional delegation for months to help Louisiana shrink a massive and looming Medicaid deficit.

Another climate crook is called onto the carpet. Reps. Steve Scalise and Michael Burgess lay into the most outrageously arrogant liar on the face of our supposedly endangered planet, The Goracle himself: If you liked watching Enron collapse, you'll love what happens to our economy if Gore's leftist cronies push through Tax & Charade.

A week ahead of an international meeting on global warming, the head of a major climate research center stepped down Tuesday after e-mail messages hacked from the facility's computers revealed an effort to limit input from scientists who are skeptical about warming trends.

President Lou Dobbs. Has a nice ring to it, right? Well, he's starting to think so.

FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said Wednesday that his agency is getting close to an agreement with state officials on a lump-sum payment to the Recovery School District for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

When President Barack Obama came before a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24 to talk about his $787 billion stimulus package , he acknowledged that there were many "who are skeptical of whether this plan will work.'' He promised unprecedented oversight, and transparency, including the creation of a "new Web site called recovery.gov so that every ...

On Friday November 6, despite opposition from the chemical industry, the house passed a bill that would strengthen chemical plant security and require dangerous chemicals that could be used in terrorist attacks to be replaced by safer alternatives.

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis has written a scathing letter to Louisiana's congressional delegation, bemoaning yet another delay in funding for a project to improve drainage in the W-14 canal in the Slidell area.

Louisiana oysters are harvested near Empire in this picture from 2003. The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will delay new rules that would prohibit the sale of raw Gulf of Mexico oysters during warm months unless they go through a treatment process.

Last month, President Obama visted New Orleans for the first time since taking office and touted his administration's focus on assisting the area's still on-going recovery effort four years after Hurricane Katrina.

We the people of America love grassroots causes, especially when it's a David-and-Goliath contest of ordinary people versus the powers that be.

New Orleans Congressman Joseph Cao cast the sole Republican vote in favor of the sweeping health care package passed by the U.S. House this weekend.

Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

The stage is set for a historic debate in the U.S. Congress on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform the U.S. health care system.

Cliff Hansen served Wyoming as governor and senator. Three former members of Congress died in the past several days.