Pelosi Tries to Quell Concerns Over Abortion in Health Bill

Senate Armed Services Chairman Offers Tough Scrutiny of Military

May 24, 12 a.m.

In November 1978, Donna Summer topped the music charts with “MacArthur Park,” the original “Lord of the Rings” — the animated version — made a big splash at the box office and Johnny Carson dominated late-night TV. Jimmy Carter was president, Barack Obama was a senior in high school and Carl Levin had just gotten a big promotion from former president of the Detroit City Council to junior Senator from Michigan. Read Full Article

Menendez: Lift the Liability Cap on Oil Firms

July 26, 12 a.m.

For three months, we all watched in disgust as oil gushed freely into the Gulf of Mexico — and many families became motivated to change our energy ways. Three months from now, will that feeling of disgust be a distant memory? Will the push for oil company accountability be placed on the back burner? Will the motivation to change the way we produce energy have subsided? Read Full Article

Abel: Moratorium on Horse Gathers Is Essential

Sept. 7, 12 a.m.

Escalated removals of wild herds from the West are categorized as necessary by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management officials. In a recent article, BLM Director Bob Abbey cited the need to “protect wildlife habitat, the horses themselves and the public rangelands from the environmental effects of herd overpopulation” as reasoning behind what appears to be a mad rush to clear the herds from publicly owned Western rangelands. Read Full Article

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

Sept. 23, 12 a.m.

Sure, health care is sucking up much of the oxygen on Capitol Hill these days, but issues like tax and trade are never far away — or far from the minds of the movers and shakers on the Hill and the people who seek to influence them. Here are 10 staffers who play important roles in shaping tax and trade policies. Read Full Article

Pelosi Tries to Quell Concerns Over Abortion in Health Bill

Senate Armed Services Chairman Offers Tough Scrutiny of Military

Menendez: Lift the Liability Cap on Oil Firms

Abel: Moratorium on Horse Gathers Is Essential

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

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