Articles by Libby Emmons and Thomas Stevenson

DeLay Foe Ousted:

House Speaker Dennis Hastert ousted term-limited Ethics Chairman Joel Hefley (R.-Colo.) from the comm...

Judiciary Chairman Vows to Fight Against Licenses for Illegals

Sensenbrenner pushes for secure driver's licenses...

Paying for Criminal Aliens:

Liberal Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) joined a handful of Democrats and some conservative Republi...

Shadegg in Charge:

House Republicans tapped conservative Rep. John Shadegg (Ariz.) as the new chairman of the Republican...

Bush: Reform Social Security Now

President's 'Better Deal' creates historic opportunity...

Tancredo in New Hampshire:

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.) is making a swing through New Hampshire this week, including a meeting w...

Gonzales In, Kennedy Gonzo:

The Senate voted 60-36 to confirm White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general last night...

No Whip Check Yet:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.) wouldn’t say whether he would be able to corral all 55 S...

State of the Union:House Conservatives React

Members of Republican Study Committee issue their thoughts...

Democrats’ Groundhog Day! ‘In a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan. . .’

In the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day, comedian Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, a frustrated, cynical weat...

Filibuster Threat?

With President Bush prepared to renominate 20 judicial nominees who didn’t get votes in the last Cong...

Frist’s Vow:

Adding an important and welcome voice against using Social Security reform as an excuse for raising t...

Hillary Watch — Week of January 31

Does she feel their pain?; and a little Blonde Ambition...

Political I.Q. — Week of January 31

Test your knowledge of inaugural history....

Kerry Does a 180:

It took him nearly nine months, but Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) finally said on January 30 that he wou...

Kerry Does a 180 on Form 180

Senator finally agrees, post-election, to release military records...

Right Ear — Week of January 31

Tuition breaks for Illegals, No Moore Awards, and Moore...

Is Frist LOST?

When Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.) was asked Tuesday if he planned to move forward wit...

Freshmen Revolt?

A group of freshman Republican senators bucked the Bush Administration by proposing a “bipartisan” dr...

Specter’s Staff:

Conservatives pounced on Specter again this week after learning he had hired two liberal lawyers for ...

Behave, Arlen:

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interview with GOP Sen. Rick Santorum generated the most significant commen...

Marriage is #1, Too:

The Federal Marriage Amendment, sponsored again by Sen. Wayne Allard (R.-Colo.), is Senate Joint Reso...

Social Security is #1:

Senate Republican leaders unveiled their top 10 legislative priorities for the 109th Congress this we...

‘Not Talking Filibuster’:

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8, along party lines, to recommend the confirmation of Albert...