May 29, 2009

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the offices of Rep. Pete Visclosky in connection with an investigation into a now-defunct lobbying firm that specialized in winning earmarks for their clients. The Indiana Democrat, who is a member of the appropriations...

The Democratic and Republican parties raised a combined $1.6 billion while spending more than $1.5 billion in 2007 and 2008, according to a new Federal Election Commission report. Democratic party committees raised about $763 million in those two years, and...

May 28, 2009

Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha has recently come under scrutiny for the millions in earmarks he nabs for his district. And today, a watchdog group released an interactive graphic -- You Don't Know Jack -- that illustrates the Democrat's ties to...

Switching parties may have gotten Sen. Arlen Specter an easier path to re-election, but his GOP challenger is gaining some ground in the 2010 Senate race in Pennsylvania, a new poll shows. This morning's Quinnipiac University poll shows Specter --...

Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., was on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night explaining how he was torn between helping then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich raise money while not disqualifying himself to be appointed to President Obama's seat in the Senate. The senator...

May 27, 2009

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd's political outlook is a little brighter today, but his numbers still indicate re-election trouble, according to a new poll. Dodd trails former representative Rob Simmons, a potential GOP opponent, 45% to 39% in a general election...

May 21, 2009

It's Al Franken's birthday today, and we suspect what he really wants is to be seated as the second senator from Minnesota. But while the country waits for the race between the Democrat and Norm Coleman to be resolved, his...

The drumbeat over how much House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew about waterboarding landed squarely on the chamber floor today in the form of a resolution calling for an investigation into the controversy. Perhaps not surprisingly, Pelosi won the skirmish. Rep....

May 20, 2009

If you were following On Politics yesterday, you know Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's remark that Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain cancer was in remission was ultimately dismissed by the Massachusetts Democrat's staff as "a lot of confusion." Apparently, it's not...

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine is trying his hand at ending the never-ending Senate race in Minnesota. In a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Kaine urged the Republican governor to ask Republican Norm Coleman to concede the race...

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