Richard Shelby

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On Capitol Hill, a pair of Democratic lawmakers proposed creating an independent commission with subpoena power to investigate the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and to recommend measures to prevent similar disasters. A......

WASHINGTON — Two Republican lawmakers today moved to block White House efforts to kill NASA’s Constellation program, adding an amendment to a broad budget bill that prohibits NASA from taking steps to terminate efforts to return astronauts to the....

The topic will be the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on CBS' “Face the Nation” this weekend. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is a guest on the program that starts at 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6. The other guests are Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.;...

WASHINGTON — A spending watchdog group today named U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama as its “porker of the month” for supporting NASA’s Constellation program, which has cost taxpayers at least $9 billion so far but has little chanc...

WASHINGTON — A fragile compromise reached last week on NASA appears to be holding — even as House lawmakers tout a new approach that attempts to revive much of the Constellation moon program that the White House wants to cancel, according to...

by Mark Silva and updated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who presided over the federal government's handling of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, has won Senate confirmation for a second four-year term today. Bernanke's...

--- Bernanke vote looms: The Senate has begun debate on the Federal Reserve chairman's confirmation for a second term. The vote is expected around 12:30 p.m. PST. He's expected to win, but opponents still are trying to sway other senators.......

by Mark Silva and Christi Parsons President Barack Obama (rooting for the Saints) plans a Super Bowl party on Sunday at the White House. A mere 30 to 40 guests are invited -- a bipartisan guest-list heavy on members of......

The Obama administration's attempts to enact the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression hit another obstacle Friday as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) said talks to craft a bipartisan bill...

Less than a week after declaring an impasse in bipartisan negotiations to overhaul financial regulations, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) announced today he had found a new Republican partner to work with -- Tennessee Sen. Bob...

by Mark Silva and updated One year after the signing into law of a $787-billion economic stimulus bill, Republicans still are asking, 'Where are the jobs?' -- while Democrats accuse the GOP of enjoying the benefits of the act back......