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With Republican opposition unanimous so far, the Senate debate starting Monday on a comprehensive health care bill will focus on bridging differences among the majority Democrats.

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A top Republican senator wants to postpone efforts to overhaul health care until next year so Congress can concentrate on how to pay for President Barack Obama's expected plans for expanding military operations in Afghanistan.

Hoosiers were well represented at President Barack Obama 's first state dinner, honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.

Democrats and their staff members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have spent more on international travel in 2009 than they have in any other year, reflecting a greater focus on up-close tours and investigations in foreign countries by its new chairman, John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, according to a Globe analysis of expense reports filed ...

Mike Pence may not be running for president, but he sure sounds like a candidate.

When Congress this year eased some restrictions on travel to Cuba, Toledo travel executive Polly Caumartin heard from customers eager to visit the birthplace of Desi Arnaz and his alter ego, Ricky Ricardo, Fidel Castro, and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez.

What is the definition of a political hack? It's a senator who does one thing when it's in his party's political interests, and then does the opposite thing when it's in his party's political interest.

Washington D.C., Nov 21, 2009 / 06:03 pm .- The U.S. Senate voted 59-39 to confirm the appointment of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A proposed tax levy on the medical device industry has been reduced by $20 billion, Sen.

Pop quiz: Which of the following names represents a nonsectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus? If you answered "none of the above," you are right as a matter of fact but not law.

Indiana's senators will split their votes today when the Senate decides whether to allow a health insurance overhaul bill to move forward.

DC Buzz takes on a whole new meaning this week, Charlene Lugar is in a spot of trouble with Virginia police for an alleged driving under the influence charge by authorities, combined with a car collision.

The vehicle had extensive front end damage and smoke coming from it. After further investigation it was determined Charlene Lugar, the driver of the vehicle was intoxicated and had hit a parked vehicle in the 7100 block of Churchill Dr.

William Lurye, AFL-CIO associate general counsel, says Senate Republicans' obstructionist tactics blocking President Obama's nominees must stop.

The wife of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., has been charged with drunken driving and hit-and-run after police said she hit a parked car in northern Virginia.

U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton, poised for a Senate confirmation vote today on his nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, blocked Indiana's "informed consent" abortion law from taking effect for seven years, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had upheld a similar law and that "no court" had restricted such a law since.

Rep. Howard Berman, D-California, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, talk before the hearing Thursday.

The Senate confirmed Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 59-39 Thursday after breaking a GOP filibuster Tuesday and a five-and-a-half month delay.

Charlene Lugar, the elderly wife of Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, has been arrested and charged in a DWI hit-and-run accident, in which fortunately the only victim was a parked car.