Now in his second term and his first in the majority, Rep. Aaron Schock has sought to bolster his policy profile. He earned a spot on the Ways and Means Committee last year, has introduced legislation to roll back tax reporting requirements for small bus

BELLEVILLE -- Jason Plummer, a GOP candidate for the 12th U.S. House seat, on Monday received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, for the Republican nomination in the March 20 primary election. "I think this is massively important,

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Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) around the country received encouraging news on December 1, as a bipartisan group of Representatives in the House passed an amendment aimed at improving the capabilities of the nation’s 9-1-1 centers. Previously int

In 2006 Blue America was supporting school teacher and Florida union and Democratic activist Dave Lutrin in the 16th CD against Republican incumbent Mark Foley. The district takes in St Lucie, Palm Beach, Martin, Charlotte, Highlands and some smaller cou

With help from Darren Samuelsohn, Erica Martinson, Darius Dixon, Talia Buford, Darren Goode and Alex Guillén AN INSIDE JOB -- Wind energy advocates are leaning on a pair of Republican governors, Iowa’s Terry Branstad and Kansas’s Sam Brownback, to pull o