Bart Stupak

DETROIT (AP) — A third of Michigan's congressional delegation in 2011 is new, though lawmakers from the state still will wield considerable clout in Washington in the new year. The Republican domination in November means two of the state's U.S....

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — The criminal case against a 74-year-old West Branch man charged with threatening a former Michigan congressman has stalled while attorneys dispute who should evaluate the defendant's mental competence. The Bay City Times...

BP blamed a series of mechanical and human failures by its own crews and its contractors for the April 20 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, escalating a blame game that is likely headed to the courts. The......

Data from "black box" recorders on Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles that crashed after allegedly accelerating suddenly did not reveal any new safety defects other than sticky pedals and entrapped floor mats, regulators told Congressmen on Tuesday. The...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate health care bill Sunday, March 21 by a vote of 219 to 212. All 178 Republicans opposed the bill, along with 34 Democrats. The entire debate has been heated and the vote Sunday, March 21 was no exception....

During the Sunday, March 21 health care debate, Rep. Bart Stupak changed his vote from no to yes after President Obama signed an executive order restricting federal funding of abortions. During Stupak's floor speech, an unidentified congressman yelled out...

WASHINGTON -- As congressional investigators dig further into potential electronic problems in runaway Toyotas, the automaker is facing other safety concerns, recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans over rusting spare tire holders. The recall Friday came as...

EMPIRE, La. -- It could have been a turnaround week in BP's campaign to convince the public that it's doing everything possible to contain the damage from the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The company pledged to set aside $20 billion to...

by James Oliphant With House leaders struggling to reach agreement on healthcare legislation, aiming toward a possible vote this week, a new hurdle has emerged: abortion. Some conservative Democrats are threatening to pull their support from the massive...

Nine-term Democrat seeks to keep federal money from funding abortions....

I've encountered a fair amount of confusion about the abortion language the House actually adopted on Saturday. Read it for yourself here -- it's a little more than three pages in large type, much of it spent removing abortion-related provisions in the...

Since 1991, the National Republican Committee has offered its employees a health care policy from Cigna that includes coverage for elective abortions. Given the GOP's major push to keep abortion coverage out of President Obama's health care reform bill,...