Senator Mark Begich News

Back in 2012 during Grand Bargain mania, a lot of alternative budgets were floating around.

Polls show that when it comes to the troubled health care law, Democrats should be most concerned about one of their key constituencies.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the department's first-ever Arctic Strategy during a Nov. 22 speech in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

That's the big question as the industry braces for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's interim meeting this week in Seattle.

Treadwell, the lieutenant governor of Alaska, is running for Senate. But some have questioned whether his fundraising will be strong enough to keep pace in the primary.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , the Democratic Party chair, says Obamacare is not a liability for members of her party who are running for re-election.

As President Obama and Democrats try to salvage the reputation of the Affordable Care Act, a national Republican group will hit 12 Democrats-all running in Senate elections next year-over changes to Medicare.

William Bryk is a 58-year-old Brooklyn lawyer who's never been to Alaska-or Wyoming, or Idaho.

Many of us felt a sense of pride and admiration in scenes of the USS George Washington off the Philippine city of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan.

Two leading Democratic legislators from Anchorage on Tuesday demanded that Congress require more disclosure of who is funneling money into congressional races.

Received this e-mail today from Senator Mark Begich regarding Medicaid Expansion in his home state of Alaska: Governor Parnell is denying health care security to as many as 40,000 Alaskans, and refusing federal funds that could create 4,000 new jobs in our state.

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As Democrats try to gain 17 seats to win a House majority and Republicans work to gain six to capture the Senate, each side faces an uphill battle.

The eminent domain controversy in Richmond, Calif., continues with several U.S. senators publicly asking housing regulators to push back at any proposal that would allow municipalities to offer principal write-downs to underwater borrowers by acquiring their mortgages through eminent domain.

In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Dan Sullivan, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, speaks during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on rare earths legislation in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2011.

Democrats are praying that this weekend's relaunch of the Obamacare Web site will save them from an electoral bloodbath in 2014.

As the ice-locked Arctic is transformed to ocean, unleashing unprecedented shipping traffic and human activity, what will that mean for U.S. ships and infrastructure? Climate changes in the region have prompted the Department of Defense to release its " Arctic Strategy ," a long-term plan to keep the military's infrastructure in line with the ... (more)

The four U.S. senators from Washington and Alaska are seeking to authorize construction of as many as four new heavy-duty icebreakers, vastly expanding the Coast Guard's beleaguered Seattle-based icebreaker fleet.

Former state Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan , a first-time candidate, announced a challenge last month to Democratic Sen. Mark Begich.