Mike Pence

Indiana Congressman Mike Pence's speech before the Republican National Convention has been canceled. Pence's office says the speech set for Wednesday night was taken off the schedule as convention officials revamped the program so that convention...

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb won a battle in the House Thursday, when Democrats pushed through his GI bill to give troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan a free college education. On a mostly party-line vote of 256-166, the House approved the veterans'...

by Frank James The Democratic National Convention isn't even half over and already we're looking ahead to next week's Republican version which Republicans have dubbed the "Country First" convention to tie in with the overarching theme of Sen. John McCain'...

Welcome to Doubletake, your daily spin on the headlines by Tribune correspondents Jim Tankersley and Jim Oliphant. Download our cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on itunes. Jim Oliphant: I am beside myself . . . which isnt easy, by......

by Matthew Hay Brown, updated with Boehner aide response House Minority Leader John Boehner used some vivid language last week to describe the political consequences House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would face for refusing to hold a vote on expanding offshore.....

This week marks the debut of Doubletake,a recurring feature here on The Swamp. Each weekday morning, Tribune correspondents James Oliphant and Jim Tankersley will talk about the news of the moment, with the goal of starting a conversation--or even better,...

At around the same time tonight, just a few blocks apart, the state's Republican and Conservative parties will be holding separate dinners - a pretty glaring conflict given their overlapping sources of support. Organizers say the simultaneous scheduling...

The shock of Republicans' repudiation in the November 2006 midterm elections has not worn off -- and one year later, it is shaping how they contest the 2008 elections. The lesson the GOP believes it learned is especially clear on domestic policy....

Nearly two months after Democrats suspended their legislative push to force a withdrawal from Iraq, House Democratic leaders restarted their campaign Wednesday with a measure to compel President Bush to bring troops home. But with Republican resistance...

WASHINGTON — Injecting the Iraq war into the escalating fight for the No. 2 spot among House Democrats, Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania on Tuesday attacked his opponent for not backing a push last year for withdrawal of U.S. troops. Rep. Steny...

WASHINGTON — The ousted Republican-led Congress returns to the Capitol this week to try one last time to shorten a long legislative to-do list, while the just-elected members will vote for new leaders in races that could signal the direction the...

Democrats returned to Capitol Hill on Monday to prepare for a transfer of power in Congress, but their postelection emphasis on unity quickly dissolved into power struggles and jockeying over the spoils of victory. Much of the squabbling stemmed from the...