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Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it.

House Democrats were thrilled by the passage of their major health care legislation , but perhaps no development on Saturday tickled them more than winning the vote of a single Republican: Representative Ahn a oeJosepha Cao of Louisiana.

Three Gulf Coast senators introduced legislation Thursday that would bar the Food and Drug Administration from using federal money to enforce a ban on the sale of raw, untreated oysters during warm-weather months.

I mentioned yesterday that Mary Landrieu had been dumped by the Palm Beach County Democrats for her refusal to promise to vote for cloture on health care.

You could say that common sense is an uncommon virtue in Washington these days, but once in a while Congress manages to get something right.

Sen. Mary Landrieu turned into a tightwad last week. At least that's what we were led to believe when Landrieu issued a prepared statement outlining why she opposes a proposal to require 2010 census takers to ask an individual if he or she is a U.S. citizen.

David Vitter that would have required that next year's census to identify non-citizens in their nationwide count.

State Rep. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, the chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a meeting Wednesday with The News-Star's editorial board that a member of the state's Congressional delegation is being divisive and is motivated by personal political gain in his bid to get the U.S. Census Bureau to place a question about legal ...

The Washington Post : "Moderates have raised numerous concerns about aspects of the bill, including the public insurance option that liberals persuaded Reid to add last week.

As the House moves closer to a showdown vote on health care overhaul, Reps. Anh "Joseph" Cao , R-New Orleans, and Charlie Melancon , D-Napoleonville, continue to raise concerns about the Democratic bill, raising the possibility that the measure won't get a single Louisiana vote on that side of Congress.

Only a few weeks ago two of our former Democratic U.S. senators, John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, were bemoaning the loss of civility in Washington.

The crappy idea that just won't die is back, now courtesy Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu .

Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. That's the hardball message liberal groups are hurling at moderate Democratic senators in a battle that is dividing their party.

Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. That's the hardball message liberal groups are hurling at moderate Democratic senators in a battle that is dividing their party.

Restaurant association launches petition drive to protest FDA proposal requiring sterilization of oysters Thursday, October 29, 2009 The Louisiana Restaurant Association has launched a petition drive to protest new rules by the FDA to require the sterilization of oysters harvested from the months of April through October.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has taken up a banner of history that has fallen, at least on the field of battle.

The Census Bureau usually counts every resident of the country, citizen and non-citizen, every ten years.

Louisiana members of Congress are taking aim a proposal that would ban the sale of untreated oysters harvested from the Gulf during summer months.

The war of words between Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Senator David Vitter has escalated.

Democratic leaders in the Senate and House have concluded that a government-run insurance plan is the cheapest way to expand health coverage, and they sought Friday to rally support for the idea, prospects for which have gone in a few short weeks from bleak to bright.