In 2007, Congress was still reeling from the Jack Abramoff scandal. Representatives were being investigated, indicted, and thrown into federal prison; it was time to reform Congressional ethics guidelines. The result was the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, a landmark reform that passed with broad bipartisan support.

The...

One year ago today, Congressman Joe Wilson shocked our nation by breaking decades of decorum and yelling at the commander-in-chief during a joint session of Congress. First he refused to apologize publicly, and then he began raising money off of his embarrassing behavior.

In the year since, not much...

Americans need a real debate on health insurance reform, and real relief from skyrocketing health care costs. But as Congressman Wilson showed with his outburst last week, there are still a lot of Washington politicians who put politics ahead of solving problems. What American families need is a health care...

By Rob Miller, Democrat for Congress, South Carolina's Second District

I've been on the campaign trail now for eight months -- I'm not a professional politician, I haven't been planning to do this for five years and I don't have the connections and the money...