Kent Conrad News

One of Washington's most prominent business groups is going back to school - with K Street's help.

This of course flies in the face of the cynical banter of the professional pundits.

Friends, family and former and current political figures gathered in Bismarck Thursday to remember William Guy, North Dakota's longest serving governor.

Loved ones, lawmakers and hundreds of friends in Fargo said goodbye to Former Governor Bill Guy.

For the past year, House Republicans have been working on an all-of-the-above energy strategy that will lower gas prices and create jobs.

As sequestration cuts grew more likely during the first two months of 2013, one industry found profit in budget belt-tightening. Organizations seeking to influence the legislative process spent heavily on lobbyists between the beginning of January and the end of March this year, motivated in part by the possibility that Congress was about to cut ... (more)

Proposed reforms from a bipartisan group of senators would revamp J-1 visas and other programs that improve access to physician services in underserved areas.

If you already have the funds to pay hundreds for a plane ticket, Congress will grab it's nuts and it's bootstraps and levitate it's way into removing a the minor inconvenience of having to wait an extra 90 minutes or so.