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Kathleen Matthews' campaign for the 8th Congressional District picked up several high-profile endorsements on Monday, including two senators, the state comptroller and a former lieutenant governor.

"The San Francisco Mafia" dominates California's Democratic Party, says David Horsey.

Maryland House of Ruth is wrong to criticize proposal to accept shared child custody as legal starting point

With Obama in office, Democrats have lost their taste for dissent.

Bipartisan proposal to crackdown on sexual assaults in the U.S. armed services gets a much-needed boost from two GOP senators

NEPA prevented great harm to the Chesapeake Bay, but now some in Congress want to undermine it

A Senate bill on visa waivers for Israel would allow it to keep out those it suspects for any reason — including their religion, Arab heritage or sympathy for the Palestinian cause.

Cal Thomas says more women in power is a good thing but questions whether they are more able than men to get things done.

Has Congress nothing better to do than debate military's use of lead?

Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges.

The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record 12 women running this year for Senate.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski was honored on the floor of the Senate Wednesday for becoming the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Congress, having joined the House in 1976 and the Senate in 1986.

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin is gaining national attention for his stance against a bill in Congress that would reduce federal regulation of pesticides. It is the latest in a series of moves intended to raise his profile on environmental issues in advance of his re-election bid next year.