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Max Baucus , D-Mont., a key coal-state senator -- will look at how jobs could be affected.

WASHINGTON - A week after rejecting the application for tribal recognition filed by Montana's Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Interior Department officials conceded Wednesday that the certification process is flawed and needs reform.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has more than two years to go on his second four-year term, but that won't stop potential candidates from testing the waters this far out from the 2012 elections.

Senate Democrats in the Environment and Public Works Committee finally squelched Republican boycotts and passed a version of the climate bill yesterday morning.

Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid passes, the state might have no choice but to raise taxes dramatically.

Despite a Republican boycott of the proceedings, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer approved climate change legislation today.

A crowd of health care protesters in front of the Capitol on Thursday. Thousands of opponents of the Democrats' health care legislation are gathered outside the Capitol, for a noon news conference and rally led by Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, and the chants are already under way, echoing across the Mall.

The defeat of Democrats in races for governor of Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday has raised questions about whether political momentum is shifting against the Obama administration.

Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee Thursday.

Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers - $6,500 cheaper.

Rep. John Shadegg and Sen. Tom Coburn urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Max Baucus to exclude a provision that exempts insurance companies from tort claims from the proposed health care bills in the House and the Senate.

HELENA, Mont. - Some Montana political and agricultural leaders said Tuesday they hope the state's farmers will see lower grain shipping rates as a result of the purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Republicans clearly think they have a pretty good strategy on their hands when it comes to opposing the Democrats' healthcare reform bills: Talk about how long the legislation is.

Disappointment following a long-delayed decision to deny federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians on Tuesday gave way to hope of a renewed push for legislation to override the acknowledging agency's power.

Sen. Olympia Snowe and Sen. Harry Reid may have finally butted heads over government run health care.

Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said late Thursday that she wants to hold drafting sessions as early as Tuesday on the climate change bill pending before her committee, but that the meetings could be delayed by Republican stalling tactics.

The Senate is losing its grip on unreality, so it may be up to whoever can teach manners to cows and pigs to save us from the consequences of global warming.

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer can pass a climate bill out of her committee without Sen.

You've got to hand it to some young Montana Republicans. They're both environmentally conscious and fiscally conservative.