Articles by Libby Emmons and Thomas Stevenson

Fifty Cents Per Gallon:

Beginning March 25, the Bush campaign started airing its new ads in its aggressive strategy to define...

Toomey Catching Up:

Despite strong endorsements from President Bush and fellow Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, liberal Pen...

Arlen Dials 911:

Specter is desperately reaching out to liberal Democrats to save his re-election bid, even urging lib...

Senate Defends the Unborn:

Yesterday, the Senate passed, 61 to 38, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (H.R. 1997), which makes i...

Out-Foxed:

As former National Security Council aide Richard Clarke went to testify last Wednesday before the spe...

Five-Fold Increase:

The key points Clarke made when briefing reporters in 2002: First, on taking office, the Bush Adminis...

‘Which Is True?’

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson (R.) who sits on the panel, held up a copy of the 2002 background b...

Senate Takes Up Pro-Life Bill:

The Senate began debate today over the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which makes it a crime to kill...

Down With DeLay?

Roll Call reports that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R.-Tex.) “has begun quiet discussions with a ...

Depends on What the Meaning of the Word ‘Homeless’ Is:

Volunteers went out looking for the homeless in Chicago one night and found fewer than 1,000 on the s...

Democrats Make History in Idaho:

According the the Idaho Statesman, Gem State Demcorats failed to field a candidate to take on incumba...

Kerry Testimony and Q&A from April 22, 1971:

We searched the Library of Congress and found a paper copy of John Kerry’s 1971 testimony before the ...

Sen. Jon Kyl on Richard Clarke Allegations

Member of the Senate GOP leadership says Clarke's political attacks were unwarranted....

Senate Democrats Beat Up and Shoot Down Gun Bill

Here's how the anti-Secondment-types were able to kill the gun bill in the Senate....

Political I.Q. — Week of March 22

Test your knowledge of politics....