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Washington - Global warming could spur greater political instability across the world as droughts, higher...
JSOnline Headlines: State Politics- Congress
Washington - More Wisconsin military veterans are expected to benefit from a low-interest home loan program under a...
JSOnline Headlines: State Politics- Congress
Washington - Washington - As members of Congress debate how to help Americans struggling through a slumping economy,...
JSOnline Headlines: State Politics- Congress
Washington - A long-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with historic increases...
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Washington - Washington - President Bush would win $162 billion in long-overdue funding to carry out military...
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Washington - After nearly four decades in Congress, David Obey has seniority, clout and a vast understanding of the...
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Washington - A new statewide poll shows little evidence that picking Hillary Rodham Clinton as a running mate...
JSOnline Headlines: State Politics- Congress
Stevens Point - Stevens Point - Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) told Wisconsin Democrats not to assume that Democratic...
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Madison - Five Democratic lawmakers proposed Thursday requiring anyone convicted of first-offense drunken driving...
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Washington - A potentially dangerous chemical used to produce baby bottles, line the inside of metal cans and...
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Washington - The defeat Friday of a landmark proposal to curb global warming underscores the deep divisions in...
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Washington - Congress gave final approval to a $3 trillion spending plan on Thursday that proposes modest increases...
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Washington - Madison Democrat Tammy Baldwin joined the only other openly gay member of Congress, Rep. Barney Frank...
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Washington - Sen. Russ Feingold has never forgotten the lesson his father taught him as a child: "When things weren't...
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Washington - The U.S. Senate began what is expected to be a contentious weeklong debate Monday over legislation to...
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Janesville - The lady in the back of the room had gotten up to speak one too many times during a packed listening session...
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Washington - Returning from a trip to India, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold said Friday he had urged officials there to...
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Islamabad, Pakistan - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold urged Pakistan on Tuesday to quickly restore dozens of judges...
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Washington - Wisconsin inventors have been filing patents on new methods for brewing beer, making cheese and even...
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Washington - Many members of Congress go home to press the flesh and kiss a few babies during breaks from their...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official about health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said yesterday.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
POWDER SPRINGS, Ga., July 8 -- Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed criticism that he is abandoning his principles to move toward the political center, saying he has been consistent in embracing moderate views on several issues, especially his belief that pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq must be...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Medicare has paid as much as $92 million since 2000 to medical suppliers who billed the government for wheelchairs and other home equipment purportedly prescribed by physicians who, according to records, were dead at the time, congressional investigators said yesterday.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Raleigh, N.C., July 8 -- Jesse Helms, whose 30-year Senate career helped redefine conservatism, was remembered Tuesday as a gracious friend and formidable foe during a funeral service that packed a Baptist church and drew such dignitaries as Vice President Cheney and Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are both proposing dramatic changes to Social Security, taking on the financially fragile "third rail of American politics" that Congress and recent presidents have been unable to repair.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
A nominee for a federal judgeship who has been accused of plagiarism said yesterday that he will not withdraw his nomination because he fully disclosed the controversy to both White House officials and the FBI during interviews for the job.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
ST. LOUIS, July 5 -- Sen. Barack Obama ended a week's focus on values by giving a conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church a highly personal account of his spiritual journey and a promise that he will make "faith-based" social service "a moral center of my administration."
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
In summer 2003, an Illinois state senator used a new law to collect campaign contributions six times the normal limit for his insurgent U.S. Senate race against a multimillionaire securities trader.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Soon after accepting the post of CIA director two years ago, Michael V. Hayden set an unusual goal for his scandal-beset agency: virtual invisibility.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
BUTTE, Mont., July 4 -- With Sen. John McCain taking the holiday off, Sen. Barack Obama wrapped up a week-long swing through Republican America swathed in the pageantry of a Fourth of July parade and family picnic, trying to mesh his theme of activist change with an emphasis on family and patriot...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
LITTLE ROCK -- After less than an hour visiting a housing assistance agency, President Bush and his motorcade sped to a private home here last Tuesday to make a quick appearance -- and deliver a whole lot of money -- for the Republican Party.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
FARGO, N.D., July 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying that Thursday he will consult with military commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine" his proposals.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
You may have blinked and missed it, but John McCain has been in Colombia and Mexico the last two days, not that the mainstream media much cares (at least compared to his latest staff shake-up).
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined to reveal one key fact: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his aides...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 2 -- Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday "to step into the strong currents of history" and volunteer for service to their country, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting...
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
It is, I suppose, the curse of the baby boomers: Every presidential campaign is ultimately about Vietnam.
washingtonpost.com - In Congress
Shortly after joining the U.S. Senate and while enjoying a surge in income, Barack Obama bought a $1.65 million restored Georgian mansion in an upscale Chicago neighborhood. To finance the purchase, he secured a $1.32 million loan from Northern Trust in Illinois.
