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"Has Congress become like an episode of 'Mad Men'?" California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez asked this week , after the House of Representatives approved a version of health care reform that contained what some pro-choice advocates are calling the toughest restrictions on women's access to abortion since the passage of Roe v. Wade.

One year ago, 53 percent of voters in the country went to the polls and elected the nation's first black president, Barack Obama.

Yesterday morning, I went to the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on head injuries in the NFL.

In September 1994, after leaving the Steelers for the Chicago Bears, fullback Merril Hoge suffered a concussion, the first of his career.

The more quintessentially American something is, the more the progressive left hates it.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.

Fourteen congressional members from Southern California have signed a letter to county transportation authorities asking them to request federal funds for the Gold Line Foothill Extension.

A group of cities and a state agency, which wants to build an 800-mile high-speed railroad in California, have reached a tentative agreement calling on both to work together to address local concerns.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. A Justice Department investigation has determined that allegations of misconduct made by a whistleblower against the team that prosecuted former Alabama Gov.

At a House hearing yesterday, Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation laid out the problems with the absurdly broad Megan Meier Cyber Bullying Prevention Act .

When I think back to my formative years, I remember quite a bit of trouble with people who made fun, or said mean things about me.

A coalition of cities, counties, small businesses and labor unions has mounted a letter-writing campaign to encourage Gov.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives struggled during a Sept. 30 hearing with how to stop the online bullying of children without violating free-speech rights.

Rep. Linda Sanchez has introduced a bill designed to combat "cyberbullying." A And in a rare instance of bipartisan solidarity, the left and the right stand opposed.

Cyberbullying is a delicate subject that is better met with education than with laws to criminalize it, testimony before the House Judiciary Committee suggested yesterday.

Michael Moore's latest screed against all that is good and decent may be getting bad reviews , but the Obamacrat lawmakers who agree with his thesis that "capitalism is evil" are turning out in droves.

House members struggled Wednesday for a way to stop Internet bullying of children without violating free speech.

Proposed legislation demanding up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to "coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person" was met with little enthusiasm by a House subcommittee on Wednesday.

House members struggled Wednesday for a way to stop Internet bullying of children without violating free speech.

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