Articles by Libby Emmons and Thomas Stevenson

Hillary Watch — Week of February 7

Outsourcing Marine One; Blackout; and More...

Political I.Q. — Week of February 7

Test your knowledge of political families...

Right Ear — Week of February 7

Trial Lawyers Ready to Fight; Passion Ban Lifted; and More...

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...