Congress

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On The Library of Congress' tweets: The ultimate narcissist's dream has come true. The Library of Congress announced it...

Most Americans may not be fluent in the language of economics, but thanks to our Puritan heritage ("waste not, want not") we understand waste quite well. The annual ritual of...

SAN DIEGO -- Senate Republicans are once again going to extreme measures to force a national conversation about fiscal discipline. In a dramatic turnaround from the years where they were...

Collin Peterson showed his insensitivity to the needs of west central Minnesota students, elderly, and the uninsured when he voted against the historic legislation that passed on Sunday. Expressing concerns...

Congress reached a temporary solution earlier this week when a Kentucky Republican senator withdrew his hold on stopgap budget legislation. The Democrats succeeded in reaping some political hay due to...

In an essay titled, "Why I'm Leaving the Senate," Evan Bayh brilliantly explains what's wrong with the Senate and how to fix it. If only the headline had read, "Why...

SPICER -- Dr. Karen Nelson of Spicer has announced her candidacy as a Republican for the Seventh District seat in the U.S. Congress. The seat is currently held by Democrat...

During 2008 President Obama promised transparency, saying all Congressional bills would be on the Internet 72 hours before passage. Instead, the opposite has occurred. Consider Senate passage of ObamaCare. Democrats...

Because they claim they were locked out of the decision-making process for the present universal health care bill now before Congress, Republicans are demanding that it be totally scrapped and...

The climate change bills being considered by Congress will have a negative impact on agriculture, as well as the U.S. economy as a whole. The U.S. House and Senate climate...