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• Dan Maes picks up backing from 2 former Colorado senators

  August 17, 2010 8:28 AM

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes has picked up endorsements from two former Colorado senators. His campaign announced Monday that former Sens. Wayne Allard and Hank Brown have endorsed his run for governor. Allard says as a businessman, Maes will apply private-sector principles to public problems. Allard and Brown... more »

• White House used Bill Clinton to get Sestak out of senate race

  May 28, 2010 11:22 AM

  The White House confirms that it used former President Bill Clinton as an intermediary to discourage Rep. Joe Sestak's Democratic primary challenge in the Pennsylvania Senate race. A White House official familiar with the matter says Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used Clinton as a go-between to ask Sestak... more »

• Sen. Udall gets consumer rights passed

  May 21, 2010 12:15 PM

  Sen. Mark Udall's office announced that he voted for the Wall Street overhaul bill meant to prevent future financial meltdowns. The bill included Sen. Udall's amendment to give consumers free access to their credit score if they are denied a loan, or insurance, or are given a higher interest rate... more »

• Vice President Joe Biden's son out of hospital

  May 18, 2010 2:11 PM

  Vice President Joe Biden's son is on his way home from the hospital a week after what doctors said was a mild stroke. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden was released from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia early Tuesday afternoon. The 41-year-old will continue recuperating at home, and... more »

• Candidates draw cards for spot on ballot

  May 18, 2010 12:34 PM

  The next likely sheriff of Nebraska's Morrill County might want to try his luck in Vegas next. Milo Cardenas' nine of hearts Monday night beat Travis Petersen's six of spades and handed Cardenas a Republican primary win. The two men agreed to cut a deck of cards after... more »

• $2.5 billion recovered for Medicare trust fund

  May 13, 2010 8:17 AM

  The government says it recovered $2.5 billion in over-payments for the Medicare trust fund last year as the Obama administration focused attention on fraud enforcement efforts in the health care industry. In a report, the Justice Department and the Health and Human Services Department say their cooperative efforts are... more »

• ACORN disbanding amid falling revenues

  March 22, 2010 5:18 PM

  A spokesman for the once mighty community activist group ACORN says the group is disbanding. National ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan said Monday that the organization's board decided to close remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1 because of falling revenues. Some other national operations will continue operating... more »

• Jobs legislation nears House passage

  March 4, 2010 8:30 AM

  The House is poised to pass a jobs bill - one that calls for a mix of highway funding and tax breaks for companies that hire unemployed workers. Some Democrats, especially those who represent minority districts, feel the Senate version of the jobs bill is too small. But... more »

• Spokesman: Cheney had 'mild' heart attack

  February 23, 2010 2:45 PM

  Lab tests show evidence that former Vice President Dick Cheney experienced a mild heart attack, an aide said Tuesday. Aide Peter Long said that Cheney, who was admitted to George Washington University Hospital Monday after experiencing chest pains, underwent a stress test and heart catheterization. He is "feeling... more »

• Obama's nominee to lead TSA withdraws

  January 20, 2010 1:31 PM

  President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day. Erroll Southers said he was pulling out because his nomination had become a... more »

• Massachusetts Senate poll shows shift toward GOP candidate

  January 15, 2010 9:31 AM

  A new poll in the Massachusetts Senate special election shows a tectonic shift in favor of the Republican Party and an impending disaster for President Barack Obama and his Democratic political agenda in Tuesday's election. A Suffolk University survey released late Thursday showed Republican Scott Brown with 50 percent of... more »

• C-SPAN: Health care talks should be televised

  January 5, 2010 11:25 AM

  The C-SPAN television network is calling on congressional leaders to open health care talks to cameras - something President Barack Obama promised as a candidate. Instead the most critical negotiations on Obama's health plan have taken place behind closed doors, as Republicans repeatedly point out. In a Dec. 30 letter... more »

• Republicans craft plan to retake Colorado in 2010

  November 23, 2009 12:29 PM

  A group of current and former Republican lawmakers, including former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, are uniting behind gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis and a conservative agenda they say will help them unseat Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter. Former Gov. Bill Owens and McInnis' former GOP rival, state Sen. Josh Penry were among... more »

• Another Obama nominee runs into tax problems

  November 18, 2009 2:44 PM

  President Barack Obama's choice for a top job with the Treasury Department is having tax problems. A congressional report says Obama's nominee for undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs, Lael Brainard, was late in paying real estate taxes in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The report by the Senate Finance... more »

• House Democrats prepare to unveil health bill

  October 28, 2009 2:21 PM

  House Democrats have all but finalized a sweeping health care bill that would reshape the medical system, requiring nearly everyone to purchase coverage and creating a new government insurance plan for the middle class. Lawmakers and congressional aides said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was making plans to unveil that chamber's... more »

• Senate panel rejects public health plans

  September 29, 2009 5:33 PM

  Liberal Democrats have tried twice, and failed both times, to make a government-run insurance option part of the health care legislation coming out of the Senate Finance Committee. There's bipartisan agreement that private insurance companies must change their ways, and some Democrats see the public option as a way to... more »

• Jane Norton joins GOP Senate race

  September 15, 2009 12:54 PM

  The crowded contest to challenge Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is getting a new player. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton will introduce herself to voters in a three-city campaign announcement Tuesday. The Republican joins at least five others from the GOP who will seek to challenge Bennet next year. Norton was... more »