Earlier this week, I wrote about the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee voting through a provision that would kill the U.S. military’s ambitious biofuels program. Last night, the Senate Armed Services Committee did the same, and worse. It vote

A Pentagon plan endorsed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to raise Tricare health care fees as a way to dramatically reduce personnel costs appears dead after the Senate Armed Services Committee refused to back the proposal. “We prevailed,” said Sen. Jim Web

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , has endorsed George Allen, who’s seeking to reclaim the senate seat he lost to Jim Webb in 2006. Coburn is a fiscal and social conservative known for his stubborn opposition to federal spending and earmarks. He was a member

Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) leads former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) by 6 percentage points, according to a new poll from NBC News. The poll has Kaine leading Allen by 49 percent to 43, his largest lead in any survey for months, although NBC's last

(CNN) – Call it coast to coast fundraising. While President Barack Obama raises campaign cash for his re-election bid at an event Thursday morning in California , Vice President Joe Biden does the same in the battleground state of North Carolina.

(CNN) – New polls released Thursday show Democrats ahead of Republicans in three big Senate races, all of which take place in crucial presidential election battleground states. Starting with Ohio, incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown enjoys a 14-point

What is the principle? I read with interest your recent Editorial comment that Sens. Jim Webb and Dick Lugar are "willing to put principle and the national interest above partisan and parochial concerns." The same Jim Webb who advised the president that

By Alan Silverleib, CNN Congressional Producer updated 2:45 PM EDT, Wed May 23, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sen. Jim Webb has introduced legislation requiring Congress to approve military humanitarian missions Webb questioned Obama's commitment of military for

"Despite repeated calls from other senators and myself, the Congress—both Democrat and Republican—could not bring itself to have a formal debate on whether the use of military force was appropriate in Libya. Meanwhile, the administration conducted month

E.W. Jackson, a minister of Chesapeake, VA comments on his qualifications as he seeks the Republican nimination for U.S. Senator Jim Webb's seat. View More: No tags are associated with this article Not what you're looking for? Try our quick search: *Face

The Virginia Bar Association has announced what it hopes will be the first general election debate in the state's U.S. Senate race, to be held Saturday, July 21 at The Homestead in Hot Springs. At the event, part of the bar association's summer meeting,

President Obama declared a new chapter in US relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first US ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms. Both Republican and Democrat senators Thursday we

Both Repub

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Burma, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms. Burma oppo

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. I am delighted to welcome the foreign minister here today to Washington. We have been looking forward to Minister Wunna Maung Lwin’s visit and the continuation of the close consultation and cooperation that has begun ta

Next debt limit vote more of the same? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Many moderates in Congress are either leaving office or being voted out The looming battle over the debt ceiling is an opportunity for a compromise that may not happen Most Americans have a negative

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms. Both Rep

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it is easing restrictions on U.S. investment and trade in Myanmar to encourage business development in the impoverished country and in recognition of its political reforms. The administration also named on

ANNE GEARAN and MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press | Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at the Institut Francaise in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The photo exhibition titled