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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) says his party has been emboldened by massive Protests against his Controversial Budget plan. Walker said demonstrators who filled the State Capitol building in Madison and the Boycott by state Senate Democrats R…

A high-ranking aide to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Democratic chiefs of staff that a government shutdown is more likely than not, according to attendees. Speaking at a regular meeting of the top aides to House Democrats, Pelosi…

The House passed an amendment Thursday that would bar the Federal Communications Commission from using any funding to implement the network-neutrality order it approved in December. The amendment, approved on a 244-181 vote, was offered by Energy …

Randy Hopper is a State Senator in Wisconsin. A Republican. He is now holed up with his colleagues — his Republican colleagues — in the capitol. The Democratic senators have apparently fled the state. Hopper says, “None of my col…

The House GOP approved an amendment to a government-spending bill that would block funding for the Obama Administration’s so-called policy "czars,” appointed advisers to the president that have been much-criticized by Republicans. Th…

We all get that President Obama is for the unions and against Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans (and other Republicans). He has said so. Well and good. But his side is behaving despicably in Wisconsin, threatening the well-being of Rep…

The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.” Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including Health…

New Mexico Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman is expected to announce his Retirement today, according to a source close to the decision, a move that further complicates his party's efforts to hold their Senate majority in 2012. Bingaman had been mullin…