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Rep. Peter Welch helps make Chinese stir-fry Monday at the Vermont FoodBank kitchen in Barre Town.

In the new report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said 12 percent of Vermont households struggled to get enough food on the table in 2008, and one in 20 Vermonters was "severely hungry," U.S. Rep.

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U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will start Thanksgiving week with a visit to a food bank in Barre.

As Vermont dairy farmers continue to struggle through one of the worst pricing slumps in modern history, Washington is slowly moving ahead with its efforts to address the crisis.

U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit-card costs if lawmakers force payment networks, including Visa Inc.

The head of the government panel charged with tracking the use of stimulus funds told lawmakers Thursday that he's not surprised to see mistakes like phantom congressional districts showing up on a Web site devoted to reporting the data.

Some ideas seem too good to pass up: Free cone day at Ben & Jerry's, hitting the snooze button at least once before you fire up the snow blower and paying less to heat your home spring to mind.

Steve Larrabee has an ambitious plan for Vermont Republicans in 2010. The new chairman of the Vermont Republican Party said in addition to holding onto the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and state auditor, he will focus on increasing the minority party's numbers in the House and the Senate.

History was made in the House with the passage of H.R. 3962 on Nov. 7. Those congressmen and -women who voted in favor of this landmark legislation deserve our thanks.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a member of the powerful House governmental oversight committee, on Wednesday called for an investigation into reports that a military contractor tried to bribe Iraqi officials.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Thursday the effort to subdue the al-Qaida terrorist threat would be better served if the United States strengthened its relations with Pakistan rather than increasing the number of American troops in neighboring Afghanistan.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., questioned the wisdom Thursday of boosting American forces in Afghanistan, while on a Congressional trip to Pakistan.

Rep. Peter Welch is asking a U.S. House committee to launch an investigation into a private security firm operating in Iraq after bribery allegations surfaced Wednesday in a media report.

Vermont Rep. Peter Welch is hailing as historic the U.S. House's weekend approval of health care reform legislation.

As the spotlight on health care reform shifts from the House to the more conservative Senate, Sen.

Vermont's only member in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat, voted Saturday night in support of what he called a "momentous step" toward providing health security and stability to all Americans.

Local reactions have varied as people in our neck of the woods hear the U.S. House of Representatives passed a healthcare reform bill.

Congress on Thursday extended tax incentives for first-time homebuyers that some realtors and lenders in Vermont say have energized a sluggish real estate market.

Joyce in Colchester said lawmakers were taking too long to pass a health-care bill.