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A highly anticipated report by the Government Accountability Office has found that the subsidy the largest banks receive from the perception that they will be bailed out by the government has been reduced or even eliminated.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Reps. Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond will host a Service Academy Day on Aug. 6 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Federal City Auditorium, 2845 Guadalcanal St., Algiers.

Senate Republicans in a new report say they have uncovered troubling evidence of a complex money channel allowing billionaires to funnel money through charitable environmental groups to achieve their political agenda.

An "elite" group of liberal "millionaires and billionaires" is pumping money into an elaborate network of environmental groups to influence EPA policies, even using "shady" donations from a foreign company to fund their efforts, according to a lengthy report by Senate Republicans.

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., announced Wednesday that the Ruston Fire Department will receive $24,304 through a federal grant to improve their capability to respond to fires and emergencies.

The environmentalist movement is a front for an exclusive club of shady, wealthy billionaires who get funding from foreign entities, Senate Republicans charged Wednesday in a 92-page report .

The first part of a GAO report a Senate Banking subcommittee reviewed in January.

Louisiana lawmakers said federal agencies have been slow to act on a law that steers money to Gulf Coast states to help them recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

It's difficult to find common ground on many major legislative topics between Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and David Vitter, R-La., and Reps.

In political elections, endorsements often play a key role. Candidates frequently expend plenty of time and resources soliciting endorsements from major organizations and individuals.

Re: Gary Kennedy, "Time for change in our choice for U.S. senator," July 26, 7A Gary Kennedy's July 26 letter to the editor criticizing Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is as full of holes as O.J. Simpson's alibi.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy vigorously defended the Obama administration's new carbon pollution standards for coal-fired power plants, insisting that the emissions reduction plan will provide important health benefits to the nation's most vulnerable citizens, including children.

While Congress must vote on the bill later this week, a major compromise was reached late Sunday night to fund the clinics and improve health care for veterans across the country.

In what could be a major surprise to some, assuming the accuracy, the US Chamber of Commerce is reportedly supporting Mary Landrieu in her re-election bid.

Too often, like other things in our everyday landscape, we take the river for granted.

July 28, 2104 - NAFCU will monitor a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing on a Government Accountability Office report on "too big to fail" banks Thursday and a House committee mark-up tomorrow of several bills.

On Monday, July 28, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM, the Heritage Foundation will host a panel on "Federal Overreach at the Environmental Protection Agency," moderated by Nicolas Loris, and featuring Rep. Mike Kelly , CEI's William Yeatman, and David Kreutzer from Heritage.

The Hart, Dirksen and Russell senate office buildings witnessed a small army of teenagers wearing blue polos scurrying through halls, up and down stairwells, and into senators' offices on July 24. The 98 American Legion Boys Nation senators descended upon a center of political power on Capitol Hill, eager to meet their counterparts serving in the ... (more)

Right now, parents are sending their unaccompanied children illegally across the borders because they are told that President Barack Obama will welcome them.

Having failed to get a response to a series of questions he posed recently to the nation's Secretary of Homeland Security, Senator David Vitter says he has had to "dig around" to find out how Louisiana is being impacted by the surge of children from Central America crossing the U.S. border.