House votes to rebuke Rep. Wilson
The Democratic-controlled House on Tuesday voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for heckling President Barack Obama during his health care address to Congress last week, heightening partisan tensions in...
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Apology after calling Obama a liar
When President Barack Obama addressed Congress Wednesday night, he got an unusual greeting: "You lie." The comment from Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., could be heard throughout the House chamber and...
EDWARD M. KENNEDY: 1932-2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat and icon of American liberal politics who was the last surviving brother of a legendary political family, died Tuesday, according to reports early Wednesday....
Senate committee endorses Sotomayor
The near-party-line vote to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a message that Supreme Court nominees cannot be assured of winning support in the...
New York Senate becomes spite club
California is getting the attention, but there is a legislative body even more divided, more hapless and more dysfunctional than the one in Sacramento. For almost a month, ever since...
Fish sticks by any other name
In Vietnam there's a kind of fish that's white-fleshed and whiskered and otherwise pretty darn catfishlike. But in the eyes of U.S. government, the creatures aren't "catfish." Now fish farmers...
Sotomayor puts GOP in a bind
Rush Limbaugh called her a "reverse racist." The conservative Judicial Confirmation Network said she carried a "personal political agenda" and should be blocked from the Supreme Court. But underneath the...
U.S. officials cautious on California bailout
Obama administration officials expressed concerns Thursday about California's request for federal intervention in its budget crisis as the state's congressional delegation split on the issue. California has asked the administration...
Obama to get tough on gas mileage rules
The agreement that the Obama administration will announce Tuesday to force dramatic reductions in vehicle greenhouse gas emissions and improvements in gas mileage over the next seven years will mark...
GOP governor tapped as Obama’s envoy to China
President Barack Obama reached into the Republican ranks Saturday for a key foreign policy position in his administration, tapping Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to China. "Given the...