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Barring a shocking revelation or disastrous performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as the next Supreme Court justice would appear to be a foregone conclusion.

Last month, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which aims to transition America to a clean energy economy while combating climate change.

An I-Team analysis of how Missouri is spending its $4 billion in Federal Recovery money may surprise you.

Washington County Emergency Services is set to receive a $12,545 grant for emergency software through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Community Facilities program.

If you're a federal employee, Uncle Sam wants you to walk, bike or ride some form of mass transit to work.

University City -- Reverse mortgages, increasingly used by seniors to help fund retirement or pay unexpected medical bills, are often accompanied by excessive fees and marketed using overly aggressive tactics, Sen.

Missouri Senator Clair McCaskill is meeting with Chrysler officials in Fenton Friday, just one day after the last Dodge Ram truck rolled off the assembly line.

In the midst of the worst economic crisis this country has seen in decades, many small businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations are looking for help from the federal government.

For an elderly person with few assets, a reverse mortgage can be a lifesaver: It enables cash-poor retirees to tap equity in their house for living expenses, home repairs or health care needs.

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 6:05 a.m. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt has received the endorsement of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in his bid to succeed Sen.

The housing bubble, lax regulatory oversight and an influx of shady loan professionals have made lawmakers uneasy about the safety and soundness of the popular government-backed reverse-mortgage program.

The use of reverse mortgages has increased drastically in recent years, but Sen.

Missouri Progressive Party co-chair Midge Potts, at left, is shown with US Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat who successfully campaigned to break the chain of Republican victories by defeating Jim Talent in November 2006.

The former aide to presidents Nixon and Reagan who bid without success for the Republican presidential nod in 1992, 1996 and 2000 has long been a critic of U.S. interventionism -- especially in the Middle East and southern Asia.

Businesses throughout the metropolitan area are looking for a slice of the federal stimulus pie, but with little idea how to track down opportunities.

A federal judge from Texas who was impeached by the House has resigned ahead of his Senate trial.

There's a lot of talk about reverse mortgages these days, and Thursday morning Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill expressed concern about how they are being advertised and sold to seniors.

This is Part III in a Mother Jones special report on the defense budget. A quick primer on the problem programs Gates wants to cut and the ones he left intact: F-22 Raptor Fighter Jet Designed for dogfighting with Soviet planes, an F-22 costs $351 million, more than double the original projections.

The House managers of the case against convicted U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent personally walked their impeachment case against him to the Senate this morning and urged members there to quickly convene a trial.

Missouri lawmakers passed an education bill last month containing a provision to make it easier for public school districts to get voter approval of new debt in November.