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Sen. John Ensign would not discuss his move with the Sun. Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 2 a.m. The Family You need to upgrade your Flash Player Sun Topics Sen.

It takes two to tango. It takes two to be bipartisan. There is no indication the Republican Party members in Congress have any intention of cooperating with much of anything.

This country is in big trouble. 11/07/2009 8:17:04 AM PST by concerned about politics To: Gargantua Thanks for the heads up.. what is Dingell doing? It seems every time an opponent comes up he interrupts their time and uses it to discuss parliamentary procedure.

More than a month after a new fiscal year began Oct. 1, the House and Senate are still pressing to pass a group of bills to improve veterans' benefits and health programs, rolling them together in "omnibus" legislative packets.

A Washington Times editorial has again used select comments and decisions made by one of President Obama's judicial nominees to smear him as a "radical's radical." In addition to invoking judicial nominee Judge David Hamilton's views on "empathy" -- a favorite conservative attack -- the editorial, which is being highlighted by the Fox Nation, ...

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.

Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator - Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma - to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.

Sen. Tom Coburn's plea to gays for help in defeating government-run health insurance is meeting resistance from many in the gay community because of the Oklahoma Republican's track record of opposing gay initiatives.

Congress has steered $1.1 billion since 2001 to favored projects at airports that cater to private planes, much of it going to low-priority improvements or to benefit corporate jets, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

Nearly half of the $55.6 billion that has gone to airports in the 28-year-old Airport Improvement Program has gone to airports used exclusively or mostly by private planes.

A member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has asked the Defense Department to explain why APM LLC is still receiving federal stimulus funds as an Air Force contractor when APM and other companies have been suspended for alleged fraud in obtaining government contracts under a set-aside program for ...

Just before another short-term extension on highway programs moved forward, U.S. Sen.

Sen. Tom Coburn opposes the funding for the river cruise boats saying the boats are strictly for Oklahoma City and federal tax dollars should not used to maintain them.

Senator Tom Coburn 's office is the rare Capitol Hill work space without a "me wall" - the display of photographs of a lawmaker standing beside presidents, foreign leaders and other dignitaries, all illustrating How Big a Deal he is.

Tom Coburn has earned a permanent spot in the Misplaced Outrage Hall of Fame for this one : Sen.

The Oklahoma Republican senator wrote in a column that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's failed attempt last week to round up enough votes to pass a $247 billion plan to shield doctors from steep Medicare cuts shows the administration needs to get serious about the deficit -- and lay off its critics.

It would be an enormous mistake to defund political science research. Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has put forward an amendment that would stop the National Science Foundation from funding political science research.

Coburn makes power list: Oklahomans may not feel the power of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn when it comes to getting state projects, but outsiders think he has clout.

This is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," October 20, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

In their latest attempt to turn the tide against the public plan, some Republicans have begun trying to appeal to gay Americans to join their anti-government crusade.