Susan Davis News

" U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Orrin Hatch and U.S. Reps. Susan Davis and Todd Russell Platts introduced the School Principal Recruitment and Training Act in both chambers.A The legislation would create a new competitive grant program to recruit, support, and prepare high-caliber aspiring and current principals to lead high-need schools.

Proposals before Congress to allow insurance companies to market and sell healthcare policies nationwide are coming under attack from proponents of the current system of state-by-state oversight.

The progressive/left blogosphere is up in arms, once again, over Sen. Joe Lieberman , the Connecticut Independent who has been driving his fellow Democrats nuts for years.

The LA Times reports on the latest omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2010 , which includes a mere 5,224 earmarks: The measure brings total earmarks in this year's spending bills to 7,577 at a cost of about $6 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.

An afterschool program in San Diego was in the national spotlight Thursday as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Reality Changers in City Heights, 10News reported.

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, and the U.S. ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, testified to Congress on Tuesday about President Barack Obama's war strategy.

Pentagon officials said Wednesday that plans are on track to complete the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center, as required by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

Everyone agrees that the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center won't meet Congress' definition of a "world-class facility" by its scheduled completion in September 2011.

Washington, D.C. - Alabama Rep. Artur Davis voted against the health care bill that passed in the House of Representatives.

Effective smoking cessation efforts are under way for military members and veterans, but continued funding and better access is needed, panelists told lawmakers from the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues during a Wednesday briefing on tobacco use.

The Mobile Press-Register received some very interesting responses from a survey they submitted to the candidates in the Alabama governor's race.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:04 a.m. Major population shifts in California from coastal to inland areas over the past decade will dramatically change the state's political landscape as congressional districts will need to be pushed eastward to follow the population tide.

Nov. 17 - Mobile Mayor Sam Jones joined U.S. Representatives Jo Bonner and Artur Davis and an ambassador from Panama on a tour of the Port of Mobile Monday.

Nation takes steps toward reform The vote to reform health care in America took a first step forward on Saturday with the House of Representatives passing an historic bill.

FRA's National Executive Director Joe Barnes attended a roundtable meeting this week of 30 military and veterans' organization leaders hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .

Nov. 4--The Tri-Cities area's hospitality industry is receiving significant support in their campaign against an Army plan to build a 1,000-room hotel at Fort Lee.

The Associated Press 2:15 p.m. October 28, 2009 President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Wednesday, Oct.

If you've got a great principal at your school - whether it's elementary, middle or high school - now's the time to tell him or her.

Congressman Danny Davis has filed his candidacy for Cook County Board president, but the Chicago Democrat says he hasn't decided if he'll run for congressman instead.

Today, Congress enacted the National Defense Authorization Act which includes provisions that will resolve several key voting problems for American military service members and citizens overseas.