Byron Dorgan News

Solon-turned-author Byron Dorgan told HOH he got the idea for his forthcoming novel "Gridlock" - a geopolitical thriller focused on the sabotaging of the American electrical grid - while perusing a Wall Street Journal "What If?" piece regarding U.S. vulnerabilities.

Senator Byron Dorgan told Greenwire that an energy efficiency bill that passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee would be a necessary "first step" to more federal efforts to overhaul energy policy.

When the Senate voted Tuesday to make Marilyn Tavenner the official administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, it was the first time the world's greatest deliberative body had approved someone to head the huge health agency since 2004.

Breathe a sigh of relief, Blue Dog haters: Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin will not run for the South Dakota Senate seat.

In June 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, "If we continue to let our trade policy be dictated by special interests, then American workers will continue to be undermined, and public support for robust trade will continue to erode." That's exactly what's happening with respect to energy trade.

Lawmakers who back natural-gas exports are trying to woo skeptical Democrats by arguing the sales would boost American power at the expense of Russia and Iran.

ON TAP TUESDAY: Newly minted Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will face Capitol Hill lawmakers for the first time since she won Senate confirmation in April.

A Senate Committee will vote Thursday on whether to advance President Obama's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency to the full Senate.

Friends, family and former and current political figures gathered in Bismarck Thursday to remember William Guy, North Dakota's longest serving governor.

Loved ones, lawmakers and hundreds of friends in Fargo said goodbye to Former Governor Bill Guy.