Rep. Todd Akin greets Capitol protesters today.
WASHINGTON — Chanting “Kill the Bill, Kill the Bill,” thousands of people are rallying this afternoon at the U.S. Capitol, protesting Democrats’ health-care legislation and blaming Washington for a host of perceived ills from high…
Kirk
WASHINGTON — Did somebody say government-run?
That’s the refrain sounding from just about every Republican in Washington, and the GOPers who would like to get to D.C., in response to the latest version of a Democratic health insurance plan, this one offered by…
Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON — Congress is busy indeed these days tending to big-ticket matters, none bigger than health-care reform.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will make time on October’s first weekend to travel to St. Louis to help tend to the health of Rep. Russ…
Russ Carnahan
WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are encountering a whole bunch of hurdles in the stretch run of revamping the health care system.
The insurance industry and its allies are responding with big bucks and sloganeering like…
Gingrich
Durbin
WASHINGTON — Of course you don’t have anything better to do on a holiday weekend than watch TV.
But for those political aficionados who can’t resist it, Sunday morning’s Meet the Press will feature an intriguing talking contest between Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and…
Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol Power Plant Monday, protesting coal as an electrical source.
WASHINGTON — The ongoing discussion of a carbon cap, Thursday’s announcement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling for the Capitol Power Plant to switch…
