Patty Murray

The Pentagon is in danger of missing a self-imposed deadline to award a politically charged $35 billion deal to Boeing or Northrop Grumman for Air Force refueling tankers ahead of the next administration. Boeing's recent request for more time leaves the...

A day after Senator Maria Cantwell took the Boeing re-bid battle to the nation's Capitol Senator Patty Murray joined the fight. Both say they'll block President Bush's nomination for a new Air Force Secretary until their re-bid concerns are resolved....

by Katie Fretland Seven senators, including Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter to President Bush today endorsing a limited diplomatic presence in Iran. Durbin joins Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Russ Feingold...

WASHINGTON The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee approved a measure yesterday to improve health care for female veterans. "Planning for the wave of new women veterans is going to be a difficult and complex task, but this bill gets us on the right track,"...

Soaring gasoline prices are hurting Uncle Sam in the wallet too. As motorists cut back on their driving and buy more fuel-efficient cars, the government is taking in less money from the federal gasoline tax. The result: The principal source of funding...

With the economy and gasoline prices a high-octane source of political anxiety, congressional Democrats pushed legislation Thursday aimed at oil companies and speculators, which they have targeted as culprits. The bills, many with catchy names, are...

WASHINGTON—More than a week has passed since government auditors took Boeing's side and called on the Pentagon to reopen the bidding of a $35 billion contract to overhaul the Air Force's tanker fleet. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...

WASHINGTON — Boeing's stunning achievement in successfully challenging the Air Force's decision to award a $35 billion contract to a European-American consortium means the political and commercial battle over who builds the next-generation...

WASHINGTON—Two memories haunt Robin Milonas. While serving in Afghanistan in 2004 as an Army Reserve civil affairs officer, the former lieutenant colonel got lost in a minefield while leading a small convoy delivering school supplies to civilians....

by Aamer Madhani updated at 6:20 p.m. More than a week has passed since government auditors called on the Pentagon to reopen the bidding of a $35 billion contract to overhaul the Air Force's tanker fleet, but Defense Secretary Robert......

by Matthew Hay Brown After a primrary season divided between two of their colleagues, the Democratic women of the Senate rallied together behind a 10-item Checklist for Change they said they would pursue through the rest of the election season.......

(AP Photo/Northrop Grumman Corp) by Aamer Madhani and Julie Johnsson The Government Accountability Office today called on the Air Force to reopen the bidding process on a $35 billion contract to overhaul the service's Eisenhower-era aerial refueling...