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Published June 26, 2007
Democrats long skeptical that abstinence-only programs are more effective than "comprehensive" sex-ed classes are trying to reverse Bush administration policy and kill a key entitlement program for abstinence-only funding set to expire Jun. 30.
Published June 25, 2007
As lawmakers return to the Senate to try to come up with an immigration reform bill that will please border security hawks, union workers and big employers, the debate could take its toll on presidential candidates who dare to ignore the Latino vote.
Published June 18, 2007
They are the heirs to the cowboy and homesteader tradition, willing at times to defend their values in defiance of the government, but that doesn't mean voters in the West automatically reject left-leaning politics.
Published June 13, 2007
In what could amount to the first — and fastest — bipartisan compromise of the 110th Congress to date, the House passed a bill Wednesday engendering one of the most politically-charged issues today: gun control.
Published June 12, 2007
Injured forces returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are going to get their own battalion of lawyers to represent their appeals to the military for health care and compensation.
Published June 12, 2007
Not to be shoved to the wings of the political stage, Florida has made it clear it will play a major role in the 2008 elections whether the national parties like it or not.
Published April 26, 2007
Despite nasty campaigns, political gaffes, even taint of corruption, many defeated pols rebound in style in cushy influential jobs around Washington, D.C.
Published April 18, 2007
In the four years since he left the House of Representatives, where he led legendary impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton, Bob Barr, the former Georgia Republian congressman, has kept some unlikely company.
Published April 18, 2007
Forget sporting a hunting rifle and camouflage flak jacket, Republican candidates wanting to prove their credibility with the gun rights lobby may have that opportunity as the Virginia Tech murders this week begin reviving a national debate over gun laws.
Published April 17, 2007
Past colleagues and Tennessee supporters say Fred Thompson is more than a stuffed shirt, but some political analysts say the former senator has to prove more than that if he's serious about running for president in 2008.