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On October 22, 2009, the Senate passed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a vote of 68 to 29 with much opposition among most Republicans.

Democrats so far have been unable to settle on someone to fill the third and final U.S. attorney's post in Alabama, according to U.S. Rep.

It is an honor for Alexander City to have one of its local businesses recognized as an Alabama Retailer of the Year.

Congressional staffer Kenyen Brown appeared Thursday to be a shoo-in to become southwest Alabama's top federal prosecutor, after the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to send his nomination to the full Senate.

The White House has characterized David Hamilton as a moderate judge whose judicial record would avoid a political confirmation war, but some Republicans say he's a liberal jurist with a political agenda.

Judge Louis Butler was ready with a quip at his judicial confirmation hearing Wednesday when a Republican senator asked him about losing two elections for Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Senate on Thursday sent President Obama the $32.2 billion fiscal 2010 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill that includes a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government at fiscal 2009 levels through Dec.

Two former high-level managers at IBM and Microsoft are playing key roles in the Obama administration's patent reform efforts, leading critics to question whether their involvement constitutes a breach of the administration's ethics policy.

When I was in sixth-grade, my dad brought home a manual Royal typewriter. My parents thought typing was an essential skill, and taught me the basic keyboard strokes.

A south Alabama doctor is the nation's new Surgeon General. Regina Benjamin from Bayou La Batre, was confirmed by the Senate, in a voice vote.

On a 96-0 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene C. Berger as a federal judge on Tuesday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct.

WASHINGTON -- A Penta gon contract proposal is "tilted" against a company that would build refueling tankers in Ala bama and spur thousands of jobs, Alabama lawmakers said Tuesday.

"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" by federal prosecutors.

Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

Passage of a bill to include sexual orientation was overdue. Too bad it wasn't a clean victory.

During a Senate hearing today on bankruptcy reform, Sen. Al Franken strongly backed a proposal that would make it easier for people with high levels of medical debt to have their unpaid bills expunged through the much-debated legal process.

Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

The hate crimes provision, which creates additional penalties for violent crimes motivated by the victim's gender, sexual orientation or disability, had been championed for the last decade the late Sen.

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional bill to extend a program that lets employers check the legal status of new hires is now awaiting the signature of President Barack Obama -- but it does not include a proposal from U.S. Sen.