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Dennis Parker, a Republican from Columbus, is running for the House of Representatives, representing Nebraska Third District.

Roberto Belen is helping determine the politics of North Carolina and South Carolina - and how much money the states receive from the federal government - while working from a radio booth in Charlotte.

Nebraska's annual population growth has nearly matched the U.S. growth rate for the first time in 50 years, largely due to a surge in births that continues despite the economic downturn, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday.

More than $2.7 billion of stimulus aid for struggling parts of rural America has gone to the nation's biggest metropolitan areas.

New census data shows that South Carolina's population grew by more than half a million people during the past nine years, a nearly 14 percent increase with important political implications in the next decade.

The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years - to 2050 - because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S. Census Bureau figures released Wednesday update last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in ...

Sean Goldman, a nine-year-old boy at the center of a long and bitter US-Brazil custody battle, is to be handed over to his American father in Rio de Janeiro early Thursday, a US lawmaker here told AFP.

Nebraska's annual population growth has nearly matched the U.S. growth rate for the first time in 50 years, largely due to a surge in births that continues despite the economic downturn, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau invited 3rd District Representative Adrian Smith to Grand Island to tell him they support his position on cap-and-trade, and to ask him to make sure the government doesn't "cap" ag producers' futures.

With the message "don't cap our future" farmers on urge Congressman Adrian Smith to vote against climate change legislation, likely the next big issue to hit the capitol.

Let's be clear: Ben Nelson's announcement this morning was the death knell to his political career in Nebraska.

Alliance native Rebekah DavisA wants to represent Nebraskaa s 3rd Congressional District in Washington, D.C.A Davis, 28, a Democrat, said Nebraska has just five voices in Congress and believes all five should be heard.A For the 3rd District, that means being an advocate for the needs of the state rather than a political party.A Davis shared her ...

Following the resignation of Georgia Speaker Glenn Richardson , Rep. Tommy Smith was the first to announce his candidacy for Speaker of the House.

Democrat Rebekah Davis filed Monday to run for Congress in central and western Nebraska's Third District.

To pay for additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Sen. Ben Nelson said Tuesday that the country should look to a funding mechanism of another era - war bonds.

"Our troops are in harm's way and above all else they need a commander in chief who is personally committed to supporting them and willing to commit the resources needed to do the job that I know they can do in Afghanistan.

Congressman Adrian Smith today released the following statement regarding transparency in government: "The American people are fed up with special-interest provisions being added behind closed doors, spending millions with no regard to fiscal reality, secretly changing bills without a vote, and passing bills no one has had the chance to read.

Manager Vic Gentry in the U.S. Census office in downtown North Platte. The U.S. Census office opened two weeks ago in downtown North Platte with the goal of counting every person from a line cutting the state east of Grand Island to the western border of Nebraska.

Rep. Adrian Smith has joined with 34 other Members of Congress urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote on the trade agreement between the United States and Colombia.

Advocates for human rights in China joined members of the U.S. Congress on Monday in denouncing the recent detention of a Chinese lawyer who testified before a congressional human rights committee earlier this month.