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Buying alcoholic beverages in Pennsylvania should be that simple, according to a key Republican legislator who made public Tuesday his long-awaited version of a plan to privatize the sale of wine and spirits in the state.

In a neighborhood rocked by gun violence, a handful of volunteers clutched clear plastic cups that contained slow burning candles to honor the six month anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary Friday evening.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted on June 13 to eliminate funding for federal meat inspections at horse slaughter facilities.

When I first came to Washington in 1969, one of the first members of Congress I met and talked to was George Mahon, a courtly, laconic conservative Southern Democrat who happened to be chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.

As the 2014 election cycle draws closer, Florida can expect, once again, to be one of the nation's top political battlegrounds.

Florida Republicans controlled the entire redistricting process in the state and drew a gerrymander designed to give them 19 of the state's 27 seats, but thanks to regional trends in one and a poor candidate in another, they won just 17 to Dem's 10. Here I wanted to see just how much damage Democrats could have done had they controlled the entire ... (more)

Congressman Dan Webster, R-Fla., has a reputation of being something of a slow starter.

To all Kossacks: Please take note that these Congressional District Information Diaries are not meant to evaluate whether or not the districts are beatable.

The immigration bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed with bipartisan support and sent to the full Senate still faces many hurdles.