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United States. Congress -- Political activity

Times columnist Ernest Hooper offers his analysis of key races for the Nov. 2 general election. These are not endorsements. * * * U.S. CONGRESS, DISTRICT [...]

United States. Congress -- Political activity

Times columnist Ernest Hooper offers his analysis of key races for the Aug. 24 primary. These are not endorsements. Riverview resident and Navy veteran Doug Tudor [...]

Company business planning, Florida. Senate -- Powers and duties, Apportionment (Election law) -- Planning, and Pasco County, Florida -- Planning

***** (12/07/2011) CORRECTION: U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent is a Republican from Brooksville. In some editions of Sunday's Pasco Times, a story about redistricting gave an incorrect hometown. [...]

Congressional candidates

VALRICO -- Maj. Randy Edwards, the Marine intelligence officer previously accused of campaigning for U.S. Congress while active duty, has withdrawn from the District 12 race. A note [...]

Islamic sects -- Political aspects, Shiites -- Political aspects, Shiites -- Political activity, Soldiers -- Political aspects, Soldiers -- Political activity, Sunnites -- Political aspects, and Sunnites -- Political activity

BAGHDAD Iraqis appeared divided along sectarian lines over Thursday's Senate approval of House-passed legislation calling for U.S. troops to begin leaving Iraq by Oct. 1. 'This is a [...]

The U.S. Bowling Congress became operational and plans were made to chart its future after the historic organizational meeting of its board of directors June 25-26. The board [...]

Fresh from dealing with baseball and steroids, Congress chose Wednesday not to step into the ring as boxing's referee, voting down a bill to create a federal agency to protect [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Senate and House intelligence committees plan an unprecedented joint investigation into the U.S. intelligence community's response to terrorism over the past 16 years, including the Sept. 11 [...]

Pete Enwall of Gainesville and Jim King of Cedar Key, a pair of relatively unknown Republicans, square off in the Sept. 5 primary with the winner to face four-term incumbent [...]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association -- Services, United States. Congress -- Insurance, United States. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Federal Employees Health Benefits Program -- Services, Health insurance -- Political aspects, and Legislators -- Insurance

Skeptical constituents of U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, recently peppered the freshman member of Congress with questions about the perks of being in elected office. Among the [...]

Company financing, United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Reports, United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Reports, United States. Congress -- Finance, Income distribution -- Statistics, and Rich -- Statistics

1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires. Facebook posts on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 in Facebook [...]

United States. Library of Congress and Poets

The Library of Congress announced Thursday the appointment of W.S. Merwin as the 2010-2011 U.S. poet laureate. In a 60-year career, Merwin, 82, has won two Pulitzer Prizes, most recently [...]

United States. Senate -- Economic policy, Job creation -- Political aspects, Rich -- Taxation, and Tax policy -- Political aspects

President Barack Obama'sproposition to raise taxes on households earning $250,000 or more to pay for a jobs bill never had much of a chance. But when the U.S. Senate takes [...]

United States. Senate and United States. House of Representatives

Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown. Barbara Boxer on Friday, April [...]

United States. Federal Aviation Administration -- Political activity and Air travel -- Political aspects

Is this any way to run an aviation system? Because of a childish, politically motivated and unresolved tiff to cut more than $14 million in government subsidies for 16 rural [...]

Government regulation, United States. Department of Energy -- Government finance, United States. Department of Energy -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Department of Energy -- Political activity, Architecture and energy conservation -- Political aspects, Architecture and energy conservation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Green technology -- Political aspects, Green technology -- Laws, regulations and rules, Sustainable development -- Political aspects, and Sustainable development -- Laws, regulations and rules

ST. PETERSBURG -- A federal dispute is stalling efforts to provide millions of dollars in loans for homes to become more energy efficient and resilient to hurricanes. City [...]

United States. Congress

With surprising speed, the U.S. House passed a bill late Wednesday night that could delay removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and prolong a seven-year legal battle. By [...]

United States. Senate

'Kendrick Meek was named one of the two most corrupt Democrats in Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.' Jeff Greene on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 [...]

United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Ways and Means -- Ethical aspects, United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Ways and Means -- Political activity, and Political ethics -- Political aspects

When the Democrats regained control of Congress in 2006, they promised to clean up the culture of corruption that had been exemplified by Jack Abramoff-type lobbyist scandals and pay-for-play dealings. [...]

United States. Senate

WASHINGTON -- Two years after Barack Obama promised change in Washington, it's coming in a dramatic final torrent of campaign money, nasty commercials and voter rebellion that will answer not [...]