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A look at Wednesday's speakers for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver: -------------------- SEN. JOE BIDEN: Delaware's senior senator has run for president twice, but he gives the speech of his life Wednesday as Obama's running mate....

Even the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes the GOP will lose seats this year — the only question is how many. With President Bush's ratings at rock bottom, fewer Republicans signing up to vote, and voters...

by Frank James The federal indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens certainly is buoying Democratic hopes that they could pick up enough Senate seats to get to the magical 60 votes, enough for a veto-proof majority. It would be the......

In its 45 years, the Arecibo Observatory has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments. It took some of the first pictures of Earth's changing surface signaling global warming and has mapped the surface of Mars with more precision than any other...

by Matthew Hay Brown The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to suspend shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the House is expected to follow suit momentarily. House Republican leaders say the move, intended to reduce prices at the pump by......

When Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced fired U.S. attorney David Iglesias at Tuesday's Judiciary Committee hearings, he noted that, among other attainments, Iglesias had served as the inspiration for the Navy lawyer played by Tom Cruise in "A Few...

Today Kmiec and Litman discuss the attorney general's uncertain future. Tomorrow and Friday they'll debate the Senate no-confidence vote and the legal angles around the firing of U.S. attorneys. Don't damage the constitutional system By Douglas W. Kmiec...

Today Kmiec and Litman discuss the politics and constitutional issues of a Senate no-confidence vote. Yesterday they debated the attorney general's uncertain future, and tomorrow they will focus on the legal angles around the firing of U.S. attorneys....

Today Kmiec and Litman discuss the legal angles around the firing of U.S. attorneys. Previously they debated the politics and constitutional issues of a Senate no-confidence vote and the attorney general's uncertain future. The law is bigger than any...

Groups on both sides of the immigration overhaul debate are bracing for contentious negotiations in Congress over a bill that would deny driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Lawmakers are expected as early as this week to iron out differences in...

With a bruising Republican-on-Republican battle over immigration brewing today in the Senate, many on Capitol Hill are predicting that passing comprehensive reforms before the fall midterm elections seems increasingly like a long shot. Even if the Senate...

House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicated Wednesday that he was willing to consider a guest-worker program as part of the immigration-reform package now moving through Congress. Meanwhile, the Senate began debate on the issue, with the split on full display...