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WASHINGTON - Senator Lindsey Graham sought clarification Wednesday on whether President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is firm or flexible.

Eric Forcade, a tea party candidate challenging Rep. Bill Young Glenn Beck, who has waged a conspiratorial, hateful campaign against liberals and his other political enemies all year, has been galvanizing his supporters to run for office .

Lawmakers from both parties Tuesday gave President Barack Obama guarded praise for his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but some expressed concern that his timeframe for victory is too short.

Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 12:03 a.m. Candidates and elected officials addressing the Spartanburg County Republican Party -- and one of its most active precincts -- will have to do more than deliver talking points or stump speeches.

TUESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers.

Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, has introduced a bill in Congress to halt further spending to bail out financial institutions and automakers.

An Upstate congressman is trying to build support in the House for possible legislation to make the E-Verify program permanent.

The resistance to reforming our nationa s healthcare system has been fueled by entrenched corporate interests.

Everything about the modern conservative movement resembles a herd of lemmings headed for the cliffs.

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Nov.

Even as the Republicans try to shift focus to what they see as the Democrats' loss of political capital, the ruptures in the GOP just won't disappear.

A Republican congressman with a reputation for frustrating members of his own party is now saying he's exasperated with the "hard right" element of the GOP.

Porteon Electric Vehicles Inc., an electric car company from Portland, Ore., is considering South Carolina as a location for its first plant, the company's chief executive said.

There's nothing more pointless than an online petition. Not a toupee. Not the V-chip. Not the further escalation of an unwinnable war in Afghanistan.

Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

It's becoming less and less likely that embattled Gov. Mark Sanford will be impeached.

On the same day U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had secured the votes to pass a health care bill , thousands gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the measure and demand that lawmakers "kill the bill." Rep.

WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders expect a close vote when the House takes up a sweeping health-care overhaul bill on Saturday, but it's no mystery where Rep.

After months of criticizing Democratic proposals to revamp the health care system from the sidelines, Republicans are moving aggressively to present an alternative approach and undercut critics' portrayal of the GOP as the “Party of No.” Defining a stark contrast with the Democrats' comprehensive effort to provide near-universal ...

JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington After months of criticizing Democratic proposals to revamp the healthcare system from the sidelines, Republicans are moving aggressively to present an alternative approach and undercut critics' portrayal of the GOP as the "Party of No." Defining a stark contrast with the Democrats' comprehensive effort to ...