Hundreds of people are lined up in Fort Myers today for tickets to a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama. ...more

February 9, 2009

A bipartisan group of senators took charge of the debate over the roughly $900 billion economic stimulus plan on Thursday, and was working furiously in backroom negotiations to cut the cost of the package. Senate Democratic leaders said they would await outcome of those talks before pushing for a final vote on the measure. ...more

February 6, 2009

Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. ...more

February 5, 2009

Congress has now decided to give people four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting. ...more

February 4, 2009

President Barack Obama sought to dampen Republicans' complaints about the Democrats' massive economic revival package Friday with an offer to listen carefully to their ideas, too. ...more

January 24, 2009

Laws mandating stores sell only cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day, and Florida will join the list next year. ...more

January 3, 2009

The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97. ...more

November 30, 2008

We all know that the federal budget deficit is huge and will continue to grow as long as Congress continues to bail out one company after another. So here's a budget item that Congress can freeze immediately if they choose to do so: Both the U.S. House and Senate should vote to forego pay increases for themselves and their staffs until the budget is balanced. ...more

November 28, 2008

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. ...more

November 18, 2008

I am one angry American and hope that this latest scandal with Acorn will prompt other people to be angry also. Forget the ties to Obama, it's too late on this election and if you study the start up and the accountability of this left-leaning organization, you will find that the ties and the lies are incredible. ...more

October 25, 2008