40 min ago | Boston Globe
Dukakis to back Capuano in US Senate race
US Representative Michael E. Capuano will meet voters today in Brookline with former governor Michael Dukakis.
5 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times
NY Sen. pressures NBA to stop Adidas jersey plan
"Basketball is an American game," Sen. Charles Schumer said. Schumer planned to publicly urge the leadership of the NBA on Sunday to intervene and stop Adidas from moving production of the league's official uniforms to Thailand, or pull out of its contract with the sports apparel giant.
9 hrs ago | WCNC
Obama's expected new Afghan plan sparks debate
As President Barack Obama gets ready to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, lawmakers are weighing in on the expected large increase in U.S. forces there.
13 hrs ago | The Arizona Daily Star
Some lawmakers want $12 trillion US debt higher on agenda
WASHINGTON a ' In the past, members of Congress never have been particularly eager to remind the public that they regularly vote to raise the ceiling on the national debt, which now exceeds $12 trillion.
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Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp'
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.
South Carolina conservative sets himself up as kingmaker
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is using his rising national profile among conservative activists to support and bankroll Republican Senate candidates around the country, some of them underdogs challenging GOP establishment favorites.
Lawmakers To Start Hearings Soon On Thomson Plan
A state legislator wants to fast-track hearings on the possible sale of a northwestern Illinois prison to the U.S. government so federal authorities could eventually use the complex to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Whitman tries courting women in Calif. gov race
As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: "The next governor of California needs to know exactly what SHE believes." The statement conveys the kind of confidence the former eBay executive displayed in her trailblazing role as the female head of a Fortune 500 company.
Earmarks grease path for health care reform
Unsurprisingly, President Barack Obama has recently realized early legislative success in pursuit of his massive government-heavy health care program.
SD Delegation Addresses Afghanistan Plan
South Dakota Sen. John Thune says he supports sending more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan.
Expiring health insurance subsidy imperils laid-off Americans
Just before Don Hall and his family left town for Thanksgiving, the laid-off manufacturing supervisor from Castalia, Ohio, wrote a $763.81 check to his health insurance company for his December payment.
Health care debate is personal for California Senate candidate Fiorina
Carly Fiorina launched her U.S. Senate campaign this month in a Garden Grove warehouse not with a promise or policy statement, but a simple question: "What's with the hair?" Fiorina, 55, had short, cropped hair after undergoing chemotherapy this summer, telling supporters she was a breast cancer survivor and making it clear she planned to embrace ...
Chambliss urges more troops for Afghanistan
Sen. Saxby Chambliss is leading a Georgia congressional delegation that's visiting Afghanistan, and he says the U.S. must increase it troop strength there.
U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017: White House
Thur Nov 26, 2009 4:36am EST - An Afghan policeman frisks an Afghan man at a checkpoint near of the Forward Operating Base Tillman, November 24, 2009.
Democratic lawmakers plan quick push to boost employment
Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice
Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death paved his road to the Senate.
Push for overhaul of immigration laws taking on new forces, greater commitment, more diversity
Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.
Perry, Texas Republican leaders fight climate legislation...
While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov.
The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will attend U.N.-sponsored climate talks next month in Copenhagen and commit the United States to specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Pro-immigrant political action committees see their...
Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races.
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