Congress returns to the nation’s capital Monday to kick off its lame-duck session. Here’s a rundown of the legislative battles to come.
Mike Parry kept Minnesota’s Senate District 26 in the Republican column Tuesday, winning a plurality of the vote in a special election that pitted him against DFLer Jason Engbrecht and Roy Srp of the Independence Party.
Fresh off helping Scott Brown win in Massachusetts, Gov. Tim Pawlenty is turning to next week’s special Minnesota Senate election. T-Paw doesn’t always back the GOP pick (see New York State), but Wednesday…
Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate election is making some old Minnesota political names new again. Brown calls himself an “Independent Republican” — the same name Minnesota’s GOP used for 20 years after Watergate.…
Updated: “There is absolutely no one more in tune with the hearts and minds of everyday Americans than Governor Palin,” says Rep. Michele Bachmann of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in an email this morning, “and I’m excited to welcome…
If a few weird ballots and premature cries of “stolen election” aren’t enough to suggest Massachusetts’ special election might not be resolved quickly, perhaps this is: Marc Elias, who served as lead attorney for Al Franken’s legal team,…
As Chris Steller reported this morning, some Republicans, expecting a squeaker in today’s special election in Massachusetts, are already conjuring the Franken/Coleman contest to predict a “stolen election.” The Plum Line has early indications that perhaps there’s…
Al Franken’s brief reign as Democrats’ 60th vote in the U.S. Senate will come to an abrupt end today if Republican Scott Brown wins Massachusetts’ special election — a potential result that former Sen. Norm Coleman calls “cosmic.” Indeed, Democrat…
Tim Pawlenty has tapped the firm that helped Ron Paul rake in cash to redesign his political action committee’s website.
“My caribou, right under you, a great big gusher’s gonna start…” TIME presents a musical homage to Sarah Palin by journalist and musician Scott Brown.
Update: The video has been pulled from YouTube, but is…
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