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An oil tanker docked at the ConocoPhillips Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., which exports many processed petroleum products.

The Senate on Tuesday moved the two-year budget deal announced last week to the brink of passage.

U.S. oil production is nearing a record, stoking calls to eliminate 1970s-era limits on petroleum exports as analysts warn that refineries could be overwhelmed as early as July.

On Saturday, The Washington Post revealed its "Women who made a difference in 2013."

In an article entitled "Read my Lipstick: No New Taxes," former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the latest right wing voice to weigh in denouncing the bipartisan budget agreement co-authored by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to lead the debate on whether the U.S. should break with its decades-old ban on crude oil exports.

While Senate Democrats are confident they can keep their 55-member caucus united, it remained unclear Friday which five Republicans would cross the aisle to break an expected GOP filibuster on the measure next week.

The U.S. Senate today approved to a prominent federal court pro-abortion Cornelia Pillard, a law professor President Barack Obama selected for an appointment to the most important appeals court in the nation.

SDG LLC, announces the appointment of Principal Landscape Architect Luanne Urfer to the Alaska State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors appointed by Gov. Sean Parnell.

This first session of the 113th Congress may be the least productive ever , but there are still plenty of ways to rate members' performances.

Government figures released Wednesday show 398 Alaskans signed up for private health insurance during the first two months of the online marketplace.

On Tuesday, a national nonprofit group supported by celebrity chef Tom Colicchio announced that 87 members of Congress scored a perfect 100 on the 2013 National Food Policy Scorecard , which tracked lawmakers on 19 votes in the U.S. House and Senate during the most recent session.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young obtained policies through a Washington, D.C., marketplace.

Food Policy Action board members, including "Top Chef: All Stars" alums Tom Colicchio, left, and Mike Isabella, gathered to grade members of Congress on their voting record on food issues.

Majority Democrats in the Senate won approval Tuesday for one of President Barack Obama's key judicial nominees, the first of his picks to win confirmation since they weakened the chamber's filibuster rules.

In this June 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to announce the judicial nominations including Patricia Ann Millett, right, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The following essay is part of a series in which dozens of women will reveal what women they most admire.

FIRST IN PI GUZY JUMPS FROM W.H. TO COVINGTON: Law firm and lobbying shop Covington & Burling announced Monday that Gary Guzy will join the firm's environmental, public policy and government affairs practices.

Senators Lisa Murkowski , Ron Wyden , Mark Udall , Dean Heller , and 13 other senators introduced legislation on October 29 addressing the critical minerals supply chain.

A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service says the agency has sent a couple clerks from Juneau to help ease staffing problems at the Skagway post office.