David Vitter News

This is probably the best-kept secret in Central Louisiana. I discovered this recently when I delivered magazines to the Medicine Clinic, which is located in a trailer outside the gate at H.P. Long Hospital.

U.S. energy production is on the upswing despite a decline in exploration on public lands that critics claim is slowing the nation's economic progress.

Of the 432 members today serving in the House of Representatives , he is 429th in seniority, having won a special election barely five months ago.

In a photo taken Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, holds a ceremonial swearing-in for newly-elected Rep. Vance McAllister, a Republican of Louisiana as his wife Kelly watches at center, at the Capitol in Washington.

While it might not have come as a surprise that LAGOP Chairman Roger Villere and Gov. Bobby Jindal have called for McAllister's resignation after the now infamous kissing video, many have questioned where the party was when David Vitter's name was found on the calling list of an escort agency in Washington, D.C. Vitter was not asked to resign, and ... (more)

The search for a new transportation bill has passed a key milepost in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee .

IRS SEES RECORD NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC TAX FILINGS. Say goodbye to the days of super-jammed post offices with customers waiting for hours on end to file their taxes at the eleventh hour on April 15. They're fading fast.

U.S. Sens. David Vitter, R-La., Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., co-authored a letter Thursday to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate asking him to explain why property owners are still paying high insurance rates despite the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act.

One of the top political stories to come out of the past week was the resignation of Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who led the rollout of the new health care marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., listens as Chuck Adams with Tempco Insulation voices his concerns regarding the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday.

The Regulatory Fairness Act, S. 2156 , would prohibit the EPA "from preemptively or retroactively vetoing a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act," according to the Cordova Times .

The vote was 95-1 for McSweeny with David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana, voting against her nomination.

Since the Congressman Vance McAllister kissing bomb went off last week, the nation's attention has been on Monroe, Louisiana and the fifth congressional district.

The following diaries are examples of this week's Election Diary Rescue. This post features a collection of 28 diaries.

This photo taken Nov. 21, 2013 shows then-newly elected Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz, waiting to be sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington.

ED: EPA'S PROPOSED WATER RULE IS "LARGEST LAND GRAB" EVER Apr. 14, 2014 by Gary Baise I just returned from Germany and Poland and was startled to discover the regulatory control the European Union exercises over its farmers and agriculture.

U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister earned himself a prominent spot in the annals of Louisiana scoundrels last week, but before that, he was just a rookie trying to figure out the ways of high-level politics.

An Ohio judge has ordered a man convicted of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner with a sign that says "I AM A BULLY!" A judge has ordered a man convicted of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner with a sign that says he is a bully.

Why would his situation be any different? Both men have acknowledged their mistakes and apologized to their wives, family and constituents for letting them down, disappointing them and damaging their relationship of trust.

In a matter of days, Republican Vance McAllister has gone from being the unlikely congressman - a special election winner who trounced his party's establishment candidate - to the "kissing congressman," a faith-and-family politician caught on video embracing an aide married to one of his friends.