All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2011 // U.S. Democrats Wednesday pressed for new legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of last year’s massive BP oil spill, as Republicans warned that the disaster should not be used to hamper offshore oil and natural gas...
Jan 25 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Jan 21 2011 // The Republicans in the Oklahoma Senate say they are focusing on job creation and budget challenges in their legislative agenda this year. Workers’ compensation and tort reform are among the initiatives they say are...
Jan 20 2011 // Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday launched a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul “branch by branch” with measures they say would bring down soaring...
Jan 18 2011 // The Obama administration Tuesday appealed a ruling by a federal judge in Virginia that declared a key part of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson last...
Jan 4 2011 // Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to pass a bill next week to repeal President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, a senior party aide said Monday, but the effort is widely...
Dec 23 2010 // Perhaps never before has a U.S. Congress done more and been liked less than the one controlled by President Barack Obama’s Democrats that ended Wednesday.It wrapped up its two-year legislative cycle with a crush of...
Dec 15 2010 // A deal that President Barack Obama struck with Republicans to extend expiring tax cuts for nearly every working American and spur job growth sailed through the U.S. Senate Wednesday.The Senate passed the legislation in a...
Dec 15 2010 // President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to extend expiring tax cuts for millions of Americans headed for overwhelming passage in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as it moved through Congress.While the Senate neared a rare...
Nov 30 2010 // Efforts to repeal what is widely seen as a burdensome tax provision in the new federal healthcare law failed in the U.S. Senate Monday despite broad support to drop it.A majority of the Democratic-led Senate voted in favor...
Nov 15 2010 // The Arizona Senate will add three more committees under a postelection reorganization by majority Republicans.Senate President-designee Russell Pearce announced appointments for chairmanships of 15 committees, up from 12...
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. The Nov. 2 election gave the GOP its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression, according...
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country.The new GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression,...
Nov 5 2010 // West Virginians essentially chose a new state chief executive when they voted to send Gov. Joe Manchin to the U.S. Senate, but his Tuesday win has also forced to the forefront questions about the succession process.Senate...
Nov 5 2010 // Incoming Republican legislative leaders said they are considering calling a special session in the coming weeks to override some of Gov. Charlie Crist’s vetoes.Crist’s veto of a property insurance bill could be...
Nov 5 2010 // Republicans regained control of the Michigan Supreme Court by capturing two seats Tuesday, riding the same electoral wave that made the GOP victorious in all major statewide races.Wayne County Judge Mary Beth Kelly and...
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country.Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Nov 4 2010 // Midwestern states were among those that added to Republican gains in governor’s offices across the country on Nov. 2.Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are among the states that voted to replace Democrats in...
Nov 3 2010 // California voters have elected Assemblyman Dave Jones to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Jones, a Democrat, won 51 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Mike Villines, who was favored by the insurance...
Nov 3 2010 // Republican state Sen. Ralph T. Hudgens will be the new Georgia insurance and fire safety commissioner. Hudgens defeated Democrat Mary Squires, garnering 54 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Squires.Hudgens will succeed...