'Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House," Nancy Pelosi boasted before the 2006 midterm elections. Looks like those XX chromosomes didn't give her much advantage over the old cleaning crew. The swamp she was supposed to drain is overflowing....
One of Robert Kennedy's grandchildren is weighing running for a Massachusetts seat in the House of Representatives, a source said yesterday. Joseph P. Kennedy III, a 29-year-old twin son of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, may run this fall if Rep....
Mark Tapscott reports on all the members of Congress who are sitting in judgment of Toyota while they accept campaign contributions from the union that co-owns General Motors, “Toyota’s main rival for U.S. sales.” When asked about this clear conflict...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he wants to help people with substance abuse problems after he leaves Congress next year. The Rhode Island Democrat said Friday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that he wants to focus more on his...
Camelot's DC reign is over. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), the last Kennedy to serve in Congress, has decided not to run for re-election this year. Kennedy, son of the late Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, will make the announcement today. He taped a...
Write about what you know, they say to young writers — and Tennessee Williams was never so nakedly autobiographical as he was with The Glass Menagerie. His first stage success, in 1944, is a “memory play” — which must be why the auditorium is full of...
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who is not seeking a new term, decried the war in Afghanistan and the media coverage of the debate in a remarkable display of anger Wednesday on the House floor. The Rhode Island Democrat -- at times shouting himself hoarse in...
WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts Rep. William Delahunt will not run for re-election, the seven-term Democrat said Thursday night, a decision he said was not political as he faces criticism for his handling of a 1986 shooting by a University of Alabama...
On his flight to Brazil last Wednesday (May 9), Benedict said Catholic politicians in Mexico City who recently voted to legalize abortion could consider themselves excommunicated from the church. The Vatican later said the pope was merely restating...
Rep. Patrick Kennedy rips media in Afghan speech The Associated Press Related: RI mayor faces new questions in Congressional run More News U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing it of ignoring the war in...
