Supporters and opponents of same sex marriage made their last minute appeals last Sunday as state legislators are set to vote on making New York the sixth state in the United States to make gay marriage legal. Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced the measure that would make same sex marriage in New York legal. At present it is one vote away from approval in the Senate. The New York Congress already approved... 

Several Republicans have their eyes set on outgoing Senator Kohl’s seat. One of the possible candidates is Former Governor Tommy Thompson, who is set to re-enter the world of politics according to his former staffer and adviser Bill McCoshen. Representative Paul Ryan announced last Tuesday that he would not be running for the position to be vacated by Senator Kohl. He thanked his supporters and... 

As the government is on the verge of a shutdown, President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House to work on a compromise but as the late night session ended, they failed to break the stalemate as the Republicans want more budget cuts. Behind the scenes, negotiators saw some progress on the details of the cuts. House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio refused to compromise with... 

President Barack Obama called the Republican House Speaker John Boehner for a meeting in the White House to talk about preventing a government shutdown this weekend as Congress failed to reach an agreement with regards to the 2011 budget. The proposed bill that would have funded the federal agencies and impose spending cuts was stuck in Congress. Aside from President Obama and House Speaker Boehner,... 

Democrats are working with liberal groups and labor unions to assemble a public backlash against the Republican proposal of cutting the funds to some of the federal programs in order to save billions of dollars. Democrats are asking union members to attend congressional meetings to question Republicans about the budget cuts. One of the progressive advocacy groups that encourage its members to attend... 

Chinese President Hu Jintao received a cold reception from the members of Congress during his visit to Washington. This is opposite to what President Barack Obama is doing. The president of the United States is trying his best to strengthen the ties with the second largest economy of the world. Members of Congress and their constituents are worried about the impact of the economic competition from... 

As the 112th Congress convened last Wednesday, the Tea Party backed Republicans showed their force and took control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans have a 232-193 majority in the House and are set to challenge President Barack Obama in both the legislation and investigation of anomalies. The Republicans are more likely to vote on the proposal to repeal health care legislation that... 

The valiant Republicans have joined hands once again as they sign a letter, vowing to resent any form of Democratic Legislation, until the chamber has extended the Bush tax cuts. That’s not all; the chamber is expected to approve the spending bill so that the government can be maintained in a running condition. Over 42 members of the GOP have signed on the letter, it’ll be sent to Mr. Harry Reid,... 

With a financial reform bill on stake, the Republicans and the Democrats are jabbing each other with hot piercing words. In recent news, Senate Majority Leader – Harry Reid was pretty keen on knowing as to what Minority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed with the Wall Street Executives. Reid addressed to the issue after finishing up with his speech in the Senate floor (that didn’t go as planned).... 

According to Bill Clinton, it is necessary to consider someone for the Supreme Court who has never been a judge. It turned out that President Barack Obama uses just the same model that was followed by Clinton. At that time the former president was trying to persuade Mario Cuomo, New York Gov. along with George Mitchell, Senate Majority Leader, to become a nominee for the high court. But in fact, the...