Today, the U.S. Supreme Court began "hearing oral arguments in a landmark environmental case that will determine whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has the authority, and the responsibility, to ... Read More

Political news, issues and activity are always at a low from Thanksgiving until the New Year. Holiday season 2006, though, may set a new record for exhausted retreat from ... Read More

New York City and Denver are the two finalist cities vying to host the 2008 Democratic Convention. While New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer are exuberantly promoting their ... Read More

As I sit here in a Starbucks 600 miles from home on the day after Thanksgiving, I wonder why I'm blogging at About.com rather than indulging in the great American ... Read More

Americans have much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving... for starters, a new Democratic-controlled Congress that wants to change the US course in Iraq, to mandate ethical reform, and to ... Read More

Victory is no longer possible in Iraq, declared Henry Kissinger yesterday to the British Broadcasting Co. (BBC). As a chief architect of the failed US war effort in Vietnam, Dr. ... Read More

Democratic leadership in the Senate announced committee chair assignments for the 110th Congress, from 2007-08, and it's enough to give the President hearburn and a headache as he attempts ... Read More

Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland was elected today to be the House Democratic Leader, and therefore House Majority Leader, for the 110th Congress. Hoyer was elected by the resounding margin ... Read More

The first flush of Blue Revolution election victory has worn off, even though 8 House races remain undecided. All are undergoing recounts or closer scrutiny. Up to 6 of ... Read More

"One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, when millions of Americans ... Read More

The Democratic legislative agenda for the 110th Congress in 2007-08 is no secret. In fact, House Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, proudly published it 100 days before the November 7 ... Read More

Democrats will be the majority party in both the Senate and House in the 110th Congress, which will be in session from January 2007 through December 2008. The US Senate Today, ... Read More

American voters fired six incumbent Republican US Senators on Tuesday, and dozens of Republicans in the House. Democrats also won the majority of state legislatures, and several Republican governors lost ... Read More

Two years ago, the Democratic Party was a disheartened shambles, shocked and broken over the reelection of George Bush and Dick Cheney to another four years in the White House. ... Read More

In past years, I've been a proponent of carefully deliberating about the best candidates, regardless of political party. Not this year. In 2006, a vote for any Republican is a ... Read More

Pundits tell us that the Iraq War is uppermost in voters' minds this election season. I suppose that's true, both because of the war itself, and because of what ... Read More

I was intrigued by the debate last Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press between the two leading Maryland candidates for the US Senate, the Democrat, Congressman Ben Cardin and the ... Read More

"Today White House Press Secretary Tony Snow stated that 'contrary to stereotype,' President Bush has been 'actively engaged in trying to fight climate change.' " "He also took issue with ... Read More