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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.

Wading into the national debate over immigration, California Governor Jerry Brown is pushing for a faster path to citizenship for the millions of people who are in the country illegally.

If you thought illegal immigrants were expensive, wait till you see how expensive they are when legal.

Efforts to cut Lake Tahoe in half, or at least the governance of the basin surrounding California and Nevada's shared treasure, were put to rest Tuesday after an agreement was reached to continue the partnership known as the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency .

Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March.

Silicon Valley tech companies are aggressively seeking looser requirements to "hire American workers first" to fill tech jobs, potentially splitting the bipartisan Gang of Eight coalition that put together the huge immigration bill.

In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

As the Senate Judiciary plowed through dozens of amendments to its giant immigration overhaul, Sen.