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Ron Paul1976–1977; 1979–1985; 1997–present Preceded by Rob Casey; Bob Gammage; Greg Laughlin Succeeded by Incumbent August 20, 1935 (age 71), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Republican Carol Wells Physician Non-denominational Protestant Political news
A Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency help in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks is proceeding, according to current and former government officials. The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.
Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's former White House director of communications, has died. He was 91. A top Republican senator said a Puerto Rican legal advocacy group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor took extreme positions on capital punishment, abortion and racial quotas.
The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman. If you're not a Medicare recipient, your parents probably are, or soon will be. And you yourself will be on Medicare eventually. That’s a reason to pay attention as Congress debates an overhaul of health insurance.
On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an "incomplete" grade in the term that just ended.
Senators on a key committee are putting the finishing touches on a government health insurance option that they hope will win broad support among Democrats and the public.
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