Here are five simple commandments on how to avoid the sexism trap when you are a male politician who feels the need to charm a woman in public.
WASHINGTON -- A group of Democratic congressmen are urging the Obama administration and the Office of Management and Budget to remove an amendment to ...
WASHINGTON -- There's another call to boycott D.C.'s Metrorail system in response to a series of controversial anti-Muslim ads put up Monday that will...
WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that she will instruct immigration agents to consider same-sex ...
WASHINGTON -- If the estate tax is restored to a level similar to its rate before the Bush-era tax cuts went into effect, the federal government could...
By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Despite efforts by a bipartisan cadre of Senators, money to continue repairs on the aging Capitol Dome is not inclu...
A congressional race in upstate New York is drawing some national attention after conservative talk show hosts made racially tinged remarks about an A...
For Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), creating an Anti-Bullying Caucus in Congress was more personal than political. "As a Japanese American born at the ...
WASHINGTON -- Ever since House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) signed on last year to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, it's been a my...
WASHINGTON — Months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the ...
The measure, dubbed the Irish immigration bill, would qualify Ireland for the E-3 visa program increasing the number of work visas allocated to the Irish by 10,500 per year. But why should the Irish get a special bill?
By Congressman Michael Honda (D-Calif.) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) There's a silent killer loose in America. It is viral hepatitis, and it con...
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has signed a contract to pay a law firm up to $500,000 (and possibly more) to defend the Defense of Marriag...
Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.
WASHINGTON -- Former Koch Industries executive George Wurtz owns WinCup, which supplies the styrofoam cups now littering the building following the Ho...
Our communities here in the U.S. are suffering in a terrible economic vise. When do we stop wasting money on this futile war and start getting serious about getting American back on its feet?
Sarah Palin is a master of self-immolation. In the month since the horrific shooting in Tucson, Palin squandered an opportunity to help mend the coun...
Roi Whaley probably never imagined the United States government would play a role in ripping his family apart. The Gulfport, Mississippi resident h...
Through education, innovation, and entrepreneurship, we need to put the energy supply not in the hands of a few utilities, but in the hands of individual households and institutions.
Afghans remain convinced that the conflict cannot be solved through military means, which is why we are losing the goodwill of the Afghan people with continued night raids, dog attacks and detentions.
If the current trajectory continues, especially among men of color, the overall education level of the overall American workforce will slowly but steadily decline.
Millions of families remain separated because of bureaucratic paper trails and discriminatory policies that do not recognize gay families for the purposes of equal immigration rights.
Steve and Joe, despite the life they have built together, face separation before year's end because of the country's blatantly discriminatory LGBT immigration policies.
How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?
U.S. lawmakers met with Cuba's foreign minister and laid flowers at a Havana memorial to slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Saturday...
