u s house committee on science space and technology

Despite how inextricably linked science and technology are to the American standard of living (half of all economic growth in the last 50 years occurred in S&T fields), many elected leaders are dangerously unaware of scientific reality.

Akin's reactionary philosophy

Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett has spent most of his 18-year career on Capitol Hill as an outsider. Now, the 85-year-old Western Maryland Republican faces a redrawn and more Democratic-leaning district that could be his greatest political challenge yet.