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Citizens living in U.S. territories have a long history as being second-class citizens.  Despite the votes of the entire Massachusetts delegation to the House of Representatives, the Republican takeover of the legislative body has deprived ov…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge for Arizona, died Saturday, a Victim of a Mass Shooting. Roll was 63. Roll was shot while attending an event for constituents held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge for Arizona, died Saturday, a Victim of a Mass Shooting. Roll was 63. Roll was shot while attending an event for constituents held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords…

Along strict party lines, House lawmakers on Wednesday shot down Legislation allowing delegates to retain certain voting powers. The surprise vote — the first of the new Congress — surrounded a provision of the Republicans’ propo…

On Wednesday, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives approved its rules package for the 112th Congress. I opposed the package for several reasons, but above all because it sends a message of exclusion and indifference to my …

Thursday, January 06, 2011 By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Washington (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday resubmitted a batch of federal Judicial Nominations that didn't clear the Senate last year, including four that provoked …

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — Family members of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan are waiting for a federal appeals court to decide whether Ryan should be allowed to join them at his hospitalized wife’s bedside. Ryan’s attorney…

Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A ruling on the constitutionality of California's ban on Gay Marriage was postponed by a U.S. appeals court that said the state's High Court must first decide whether the law's supporters can defend it when state officials …