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A fight over Social Security reform could wind up splitting the Democratic Caucus in the Senate, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders warned yesterday.  Unions have lined up against any change in benefits for Social Security and have begun warnin…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - Ohio headline highlights is a weekly Saturday roundup of stories on people, politics and government for the previous work week that caught CGE's eye but not his pen. Start reviewing! Yvette McGee Brown, outgoing Democratic G…

WASHINGTON – Despite President Barack Obama's appeal for civility, history suggests any move toward cooler political Rhetoric after the Arizona shootings will soon fade. An early test will come Jan. 25, when some lawmakers are asking Democ…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite President Barack Obama’s appeal for civility, history suggests any move toward cooler political Rhetoric after the Arizona shootings will soon fade. An early test will come Jan. 25, when some lawmakers are ask…

Republicans do not control the Tennessee House of Representatives today-they dominate that body. Beth Harwell of Nashville was nominated for Speaker by Rep. Steve McDaniel of Parker's Crossroads, and was seconded by the man she defeated in Caucus …

House Democratic Caucus Chairwoman Jessica Farrar of Houston just said her Democratic colleagues deserve credit for fending off Tea Party adherents who wanted to dethrone Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio. See her statement on the jump. Rep. Jes…

Search our databases Nashville — Tennessee’s 107th General Assembly convened shortly after noon today, and the House elected Rep. Beth Harwell of Nashville as its new speaker, the first woman to serve as speaker of either of the two …