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The League of Conservation Voters last week put Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., on its "Dirty Dozen list," saying she has done more to protect "Big Oil" than "the future for the people of Louisiana" from the threat ...

Is the tide turning, we might ask here in Louisiana these days? Could it be that the accepting masses are taking a different route, perhaps? Look at the facts.

Should U.S. Senator David Vitter use campaign money which purportedly were sent to him election campaign for election purposes to pay legal fees in connection with the DC Madam case? Louisiana U.S. Senator ...

Soon after her colleagues left the Senate floor late Thursday night after approving $5.8 billion for Louisiana levees, U.S. Sen.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter will ask the Federal Election Commission today whether he can use campaign funds to pay for the $137,177 in legal fees he incurred from his involvement in the case of a woman convicted of ...

U.S. Sen. David Vitter secured $100,000 for the CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital during today's full committee markup of the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill.

The $1.8 billion that Louisiana will have to pay over the next three years as its share of the $14.8 billion in approved levee construction will cripple other coastal projects, the governor's adviser on coastal ...

Sen. Mary Landrieu is the only Senate Democrat with real reason to be concerned about her political future.

Louisiana Senator David Vitter and Idaho Senator Larry Craig are co-sponsoring the Federal Marriage Amendment, and have reintroduced the proposal in the Senate.

Miles Perret Cancer Services will soon be able to offer more assistance to residents in its 12-parish service area if a bill in the U.S. Senate receives approval.

In an attempt at a bipartisan solution to high gas prices, Senate Republicans Thursday unveiled The Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008, which would simultaneously open the way for production of more domestic oil ...

Want to protect marriage . Two United States Senators implicated in extramarital sexual activity have named themselves as co-sponsors of S. J. RES.

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote today struck down Louisiana's law allowing the death penalty as a punishment for child rapists and closed the door on an expansion of capital punishment in cases where the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law allowing the execution of people convicted of a raping a child.

Senator David Vitter is planning to introduce a concealed carry reciprocity bill next week.

Ed Renwick, whose students have gone on to Congress and local office, has retired as head of Loyola University's Institute of Politics but remains on the political science faculty.

Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu insisted Thursday that she hasn't given up hope of restoring some hurricane recovery assistance eliminated under a compromise spending bill approved by the House on Thursday.

Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Louisiana congressional delegation are working to bridge a dispute between the House and Senate over billions in hurricane recovery money for Louisiana and Mississippi.

For the second consecutive week, Senate Republicans blocked consideration of a tax bill that would provide relief for Louisiana residents facing tax liabilities on their Road Home rebuilding grants.

One of the most successful U.S. foreign assistance programs - the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - is up for renewal in Congress.