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Senators took aim yesterday at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, linking him to rising unemployment, regulatory lapses that led to last year's financial crisis, and the corporate bailouts that followed.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, left, says her amendment will guarantee that decisions are left to women and their doctors.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke got an endorsement from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd at the start of his confirmation hearing Thursday, even as Dodd called for a removal of some of the central banks current powers.

Reaction to President Obama's Afghanistan war plan is mixed among Kentucky's Congressional delegation.

As a wary, divided Congress considers President Obama's new Afghanistan policy, lawmakers Tuesday raised serious questions about the strategy, timetables and plans to pay for the buildup with some such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggesting that the administration use an unspent stimulus surplus to fund the war efforts.

Warm up that stuffing and microwave those candied yams. It's time for the Political Notebook's second annual serving of leftover turkeys, a recount of the political missteps, errors and miscalculations of the past year.

Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party in April handed President Obama a key vote in the Senate, and Specter was rewarded by quickly being endorsed by the president and Democratic leaders in his bid for re-election next year.

"has become a serious challenger in the race to succeed Sen. Jim Bunning ," the New York Times reports.

Sen. Jim DeMint has locked a "hold" on President Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration over concerns the nominee would undermine safety by allowing airport security screeners to unionize, the latest in a series of appointments stymied by Republican objections that are increasingly frustrating the Senate's Democratic ...

Sen. John Cornyn has gotten kudos from many Republicans, and grudging admiration from some Democrats, for his recruiting efforts in the year he has chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

WASHINGTON - When Rep. John Yarmuth developed an ankle problem earlier this year, he hobbled on crutches to the Capitol physician, who made X-rays and sent him on to the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md., for a procedure that provided relief - with no co-payments. Yarmuth said the Capitol doctor and treatment from Bethesda ...

Kentucky must halt all executions by lethal injection because it did not properly adopt the procedures for using the three-drug cocktail, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Representative Ron Paul proved to be a surprising presence in the presidential race in 2008.

Nov. 24, 2009 - Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is reportedly willing to consider alternatives to most of the provisions in the 1,139-page regulatory reform discussion draft he unveiled two weeks ago.

The U.S. Senate voted 60-39 Saturday night , along party lines, to begin debating health care reform on the Senate floor.

A new Republican contender in Kentucky? - The Scorecard: A new Republican contender in Kentucky? November 18, 2009 Categories: Kentucky A new Republican contender in Kentucky? After Sen.

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WASHINGTON - During a recent interview on a Kentucky radio station, House Minority Leader John Boehner urged listeners to ramp up their opposition to the health reform bill making its way through Congress.

Al Berkeley, Chairman of Pipeline Trading, said requiring dark pools to report the names of participants and post trades instantly to the consolidated tape would harm the mutual funds and pension funds that most small investors use to participate in the equities market.

Bill Johnson is running his campaign for the U.S. Senate the old-fashioned way. He is attending community events across the state, meeting and speaking with residents about what they want to see from the person who will replace Jim Bunning.