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As President Obama gears up for a new push to close GuantA namo Bay, lawmakers from both parties are skeptical the president will be successful in persuading Congress to shutter the facility.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont confers with Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill.

Sen. Patrick Leahy withdrew his proposed amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would have recognized the marriages of same-sex couples for immigration purposes on Tuesday night, after several Democratic members of the committee stated that they would not be supporting it.... Leahy offered the amendment a half-hour earlier, ... (more)

As Senators Chuck Schumer and Senator Dianne Feinstein appear ready to throw gay-inclusive legislation under the bus, advocates are reacting furiously.

Large energy companies look set to slip through the maze of new rules for derivatives trading, a group of U.S. senators said, urging regulators to tighten oversight to cover all the market.

The Star-Ledger reported last Friday that after a closed-door hearing on gun control in the New Jersey Senate the previous day, three state senators-believed to be Democrats Loretta Weinberg , Sandra Cunningham and Linda Greenstein -were caught on tape, complaining that bills introduced in the Garden State-including one that would require mandatory ... (more)

All foreigners departing from the nation's 10 busiest airports will have to have their fingerprints scanned within two years, according to a plan adopted by a Senate panel Monday.

According to Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, the House Ag Committee's approval of an amendment that would make it illegal for states to ban the sale of foods produced in other states because that state considers the production standards unacceptable shows the need for a national standard on the cages of egg-laying hens.

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Tours were advertised as a one-time event just for the day and no plans for more, so the line was long.

We'll try to keep a straight face as we continue to read Attorney General Eric Holder's explanation of the Justice Department's bungled, bumbling investigation of national security leaks that led to the department's secret seizure of records from the Associated Press.

The Star-Ledger reported last Friday that after a closed-door hearing on gun control in the New Jersey Senate the previous day, three state senators-believed to be Democrats Loretta Weinberg , Sandra Cunningham and Linda Greenstein -were caught on tape, complaining that bills introduced in the Garden State-including one that would require mandatory ... (more)

It's been a long slog already for the bipartisan immigration overhaul proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight.

Former Rep. Ellen Tauscher and Sen. Dianne Feinstein attend the dedication of the National Ignition Facility in 2009.

Maryland State Senate President Thomas "Mike" Miller Jr. , left, and Speaker of the House Michael Busch , right, flank Maryland Gov.

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander told a top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official at a budget hearing today that he would restrict the Corps' ability to transfer new funds to projects if it doesn't abandon "unreasonable" fishing restrictions that amount to "thumbing your nose at elected officials," saying, "It sounds to me like we have a life jacket ... (more)

A relatively small number of homes on the market are continuing to spark fierce bidding wars.

Source: Roll Call By Meredith Shiner Posted at 2:35 p.m. today Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is not yet alarmed by recent news that the Department of Justice acquired the phone records of Associated Press reporters.

Francisco Manzo returns to work after a brief break from harvesting oysters at Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Inverness, California on August 30, 2012.

The Obama administration is considering House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., for the top job at the FBI, according to the chair of Intelligence on the other side of the Capitol, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Choosing Rogers could be seen as a gesture of goodwill by the White House to Republicans on security issues.