Wyoming's new senator learns the ropes
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Dr. John Barrasso began his rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday, meeting with Republican leaders and learning how to be a senator.
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The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq has made a career of taking on difficult tasks.
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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - In this modern age of instant media, it is to be expected politicians seeking elected office are asked just about every question in the book...
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Fresh-faced and young, Patrick Murphy normally would have fallen into the category of unknown freshman legislator elbowing to make a name for himself.
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Mississippi's junior Senator returns to leadership--and to wars with Democrats and the White House
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The New York senator has been tapped by Democratic leaders to try to engineer the party's Senate comeback.
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Sen. Harry M. Reid (Nev.), a miner&#39;s son who grew up in a home with no indoor toilet, took command of Senate Democrats yesterday and promised to be a leader who would seek compromise and consensus
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She has learned lessons from her first failed try at universal coverage, but Clinton's opponents want to use her experience against her
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State Sen. Neil Schuerer is a small-town lawmaker not accustomed to rubbing shoulders with world leaders. But the Republican shared the stage with Dick Cheney during a recent campaign appearance in which he was given a few minutes to talk to the crowd before the start of the vice president's speech.
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John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat, will be one of the busiest recently retired senators, with four new positions.
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Parsing the senator's position on Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial proposal.
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How the Arizona senator, once a POW 'pastor,' finds purpose in his beliefs and survival.
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In an unusual turn of events, the omnibus energy bill on the Senate floor this week is being led by both the Democratic senator from New Mexico and the Republican senator from the same state -- who despite partisan disagreements must not be seen squabbling by the constituents back home. It would...
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Democrat James WebbÂs emblematic battle against Senator George Allen, a Republican, has become truly competitive.
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Under Wyomingâs election laws, the state Republican Party will nominate three people to be his successor.
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Bloomberg - June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican who first won election to Congress to replace Dick Cheney and went on to serve 18 years in the House and Senate, died last night after a battle with leukemia. He was 74.
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He builds his campaign in the state on lessons from his run in 2000.