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The Brady-Geithner showdown at a Thursday hearing of the congressional Joint Economic Committee seems to have fueled an anti-Brady backlash from prominent Democrats who had largely ignored the conservative Republican from The Woodlands during his first 13 years in Congress.

Reporting from Washington - Contained in the nearly 2,000-page House healthcare bill is a little-noticed provision -- worth $300 million to California -- that would increase federal Medicare payments to doctors in a wide swath of the state in response to complaints that low reimbursement rates have kept them from taking new patients.

November 18, 2009 3:59 pm ET - MSNBC's Morning Meeting ran the misleading on-screen graphic "Holder Faces Senators Skeptical of 9/11 Trials" while showing Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy questioning Attorney General Eric Holder.

Put yourself in this scenario: You know a lawmaker is taking bribes and can prove it.

Carly Fiorina has advice for Washington lawmakers as they tackle issues such as health care and immigration reform: Don't take on so much at once.

It's the gaffe that just won't go away: Scott Gerber, former spokesperson for Attorney General Jerry Brown , secretly recorded calls with half a dozen press outlets.

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is one of several moderate Democrats pushing for a commission to tackle the budget.

Two of California's most powerful politicians, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Sen.

"No issue is as fundamental to our survival" as immigration reform - and 2010 poses "a window of opportunity" for passing the AgJOBS bill, Craig Regelbrugge, co-chairman of Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform , told some 300 attendees Wednesday at the Elite Producer Business Conference in Las Vegas.

On the eve of his first Pacific trip since entering the White House, President Obama signaled Thursday that he would press Asian leaders to open up their markets and boost purchases of U.S. goods instead of relentlessly focusing on exporting more and more to American consumers.

Some of the nation's most esteemed scientists will review recent environmental decisions curtailing California irrigation water deliveries, officials affirmed Tuesday.

Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.

Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor.

The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing a proposal to collect fingerprints or eye scans from all foreign travelers at U.S. airports as they leave the country, officials said, a costly screening program that airlines have opposed.

Information from Washington released this week, shows that while many Americans are struggling though difficult economic times, they are being represented by officials that may be completely out of touch with their plight.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she will base a decision on whether to run for California governor next year largely on the solutions the announced candidates put forward to deal with the state's fiscal problems.

Only in America would you need to pass a law to enforce a law. But that is the situation gun opponents have created by filing dozens of pesky lawsuits against law-abiding gun manufacturers and dealers.

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million.

The governor and the Legislature put together a sweeping water package through old-school negotiations, trade-offs and rewards.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved two bills that would require organizations with data breaches to report them to potential victims.