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When I was in sixth-grade, my dad brought home a manual Royal typewriter. My parents thought typing was an essential skill, and taught me the basic keyboard strokes.

A south Alabama doctor is the nation's new Surgeon General. Regina Benjamin from Bayou La Batre, was confirmed by the Senate, in a voice vote.

On a 96-0 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene C. Berger as a federal judge on Tuesday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct.

WASHINGTON -- A Penta gon contract proposal is "tilted" against a company that would build refueling tankers in Ala bama and spur thousands of jobs, Alabama lawmakers said Tuesday.

"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" by federal prosecutors.

Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

Passage of a bill to include sexual orientation was overdue. Too bad it wasn't a clean victory.

During a Senate hearing today on bankruptcy reform, Sen. Al Franken strongly backed a proposal that would make it easier for people with high levels of medical debt to have their unpaid bills expunged through the much-debated legal process.

Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

The hate crimes provision, which creates additional penalties for violent crimes motivated by the victim's gender, sexual orientation or disability, had been championed for the last decade the late Sen.

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional bill to extend a program that lets employers check the legal status of new hires is now awaiting the signature of President Barack Obama -- but it does not include a proposal from U.S. Sen.

Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law that Congress approved yesterday and sent to President Obama for his signature.

Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.

A system that lets employers check whether newl9 hired workers are in the country legally has won a three-year extension from Congress.

WASHINGTON - Nashville attorney Jane Branstetter Stranch easily made it through her confirmation hearing today on her nomination to become a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs Abortion The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.

Some nay votes from Alabama's two U.S. Senators have made Alabama the focal point of criticism on the cable network Comedy Central.

A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills.

Female employees of KBR are advised that according to Senator John Ensign the only recourse to being drugged, gang raped, and imprisoned in a shipping container is the private arbitration incorporated in the fine print of one's employment contract.

It's not just Republican senators who oppose an amendment allowing defense contractor employees to sue over rape in US courts.

Upon listening to a oeAmerica the Beautiful,a President Obamaa s most recently confirmed District Court judgea s first thought was not of spacious skies or amber waves of grain.

The race for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District in the Montgomery area is attracting national attention.

Sen. Jeff Sessions voiced skepticism Wednesday about proposals to combat climate change by creating a government-regulated market to reduce the use of coal and other fossil fuels that produce heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

Jon Stewart speaks about an amendment Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, put forward that would bar the Department of Defense from doing business with contractors that asked employees to sign away legal rights.

My last "Political Animals" article stated my opinion on the viability of the "public option" and its similarity with Dirigo Health.

His bid for legislation fell short last week, but U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions said he's continuing to push the Pentagon to level the playing field in the U.S. Air Force tanker competition.

New Jersey is getting a new top federal lawman. The Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Paul J. Fishman of Montclair on Wednesday night to be U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Republican senators who oppose the $819 billion economic stimulus plan passed in the House Wednesday declined to say whether they personally would lead a filibuster to try to stop the legislation in the Senate.

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby is set to address the U.S. Senate regarding the recently re-started Air Force tanker contest.

Go Senator Al! Al Franken successfully introduced legislation that denies federal contracts to companies that have policies -- anywhere in the world -- that punish employees for complaining about rape or discrimination on the job.

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad.

The Senate approved a measure Tuesday prohibiting the Defense Department from contracting with companies that require employees to resolve sexual assault allegations and other claims through arbitration.

President Barack Obama isn't skirting the U.S. Constitution or abusing his authority by appointing so-called "czars," or policy coordinators, to oversee certain issues or problems, a Senate panel was told Tuesday.

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A Senate Republican who backs Northrop Grumman Corp.'s bid for a disputed $35 billion Air Force tanker contract wants to withhold funding until the service resolves a company gripe with the competition.