Former U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead
Maguire from Northern Ireland are two of twenty participants from seven
countries that will participate in an international delegation to Syria May
2-10, 2013. 

TILTON, NH — The daughter of the elementary school principal who died during the Sandy Hook shooting walked out of a town hall with Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) on Tuesday after the event erupted in chaos over the lawmaker’s answer to a question about gun regulations. Ayotte was one of 46 senators to vote down a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to gun shows and online purchases.

Thank you PDA Community

Tonight was a strong victory for the progressive movement and the PDA community. Once again we have helped bring home the victory for the most progressive candidate in the race.

The Treasury Department may be able to stave off the need to extend federal borrowing authority until the fall, perhaps as late as November, a Wall Street economist said Friday.

When the sequester federal spending cuts forced flight delays because of the furlough of air traffic controllers, the normally deadlocked Congress acted in less than a week to give the Federal Aviation Administration flexibility to avoid the furloughs.

The principal food supplier to US troops in Afghanistan is embroiled in a costly dispute with the Pentagon that has attracted congressional interest