Orrin Hatch

Calls for Orrin Hatch / Edward Kennedy legislation -- big cheer. Responsibilities for kids begin at home. Yup. We need to not pass on to kids a debt they cannot pay. Yup. There's Gillibrand standing and clapping. "With the deficit......

Television note: MSNBC will air a planned documentary, The Kennedy Brothers, at 9 pm EDT tonight, in addition to its already scheduled time of 7 pm Thursday as noted below. CNN's Larry King Live will devote its show at 9......

by Mark Silva ` "Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy,'' President Barack Obama said today at the public funeral for the last of the three Kennedy brothers who held or sought the presidency.......

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY February 24, 2009 Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for...

Representatives from food pantries line up to take out carts of aid from the Care and Share Food Bank on February 24, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) by Frank James Despite the partisan gulf......

by Mark Silva The Red River has risen again. And Dakotans and Minnesotans have risen to the occasion, President Barack Obama said today in a weekly address saluting a spirit of community service that arises at times of crisis such......

by James Oliphant and updated at 5:15 pm EDT Legislation that would transform the nation's healthcare system cleared a significant hurdle today, as the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 for a sweeping overhaul. Just one Republican, Sen. Olympia J....

By Christi Parsons JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- As pressure builds on the administration to pick up the pace of its Afghanistan war strategy review, President Obama countered critics with a trip to a Navy base today to declare he will not "rush......

By Mark Silva and updated The Senate will move swiftly on President Barack's nomination of a Supreme Court justice to replace the retiring David Souter, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee said this morning. "We certainly will have someone in......

by Mark Silva There's a little joke that Sen. Orrin Hatch likes to tell about the so-called ''public option'' in the health-care legislation that passed the House by a vote of 220-215 over the weekend. "One big joke in Washington......

by Mark Silva The House's health care bill, we were reminded, weighed in at over 20 pounds. The Senate's bill, we're told, is bigger than War and Peace. Both of them also offer health care for millions of Americans uninsured.......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama reached out by telephone today to a couple of senators with seats on the Judiciary Committee who will consider his nominee for the Supreme Court. "Following through on his commitment to reach out to......