...isn't far behind at $1.3 million. The primary is scheduled for Dec. 8. CQ Politics currently rates the general election race as Safe Democratic. To see how all the 2010 Senate races are shaping up, check out the CQ Politics election map.

In this article: Michael E. Capuano, Martha Coakley, Stephen Pagliuca, Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts, Federal Election Commission, and Boston Celtics

Richard Colvin , right, testifies beside lawyer Lori Bokenfohr at a House of Commons committee on prisoner abuse on Nov. 18, 2009. SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Top Canadian officials discussed in 2006 whether the...

In this article: Asadullah Khalid, Kandahar, House of Commons, Maxime Bernier, Ottawa, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, and Stephen Harper

...lifting the ban but suggested it's not a priority for the House. </p><p>The legislation could face an even tougher reception in the Senate , where a number of senators have pledged to block it. Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009 06:07 PM

In this article: Howard Berman, Nancy Pelosi, Raul Castro, Barack Obama, Cuba, U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Connie Mack, and U.S.

...Authority; the convention bureau; representatives from the office of the mayor, governor, Illinois House speaker and Illinois Senate president; labor leaders; show contractors; and hospitality industry leaders, including those...

In this article: Chicago, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, National Restaurant Association, Jerry Roper, Las Vegas, Orlando, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

...as the Houses of Parliament ) is a magnificent building and has been the home of Parliament for nearly 500 years. It contains the House of Commons (where MPs meet to debate, make laws and check the work of government) and the House of Lords...

In this article: House of Commons, UK Youth Parliament, The Palace, Liberal Democrats, Youth Parliament, and Labour

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BOSTON -The Massachusetts Senate is taking a pass on a death penalty debate. Republican lawmakers had hoped to force a vote on a capital penalty amendment as part of a larger crime bill.

In this article: All rights reserved, Massachusetts Senate, GOP, Therese Murray, Boston, and Associated Press

In this article: Pete Kott, Bill Allen, VECO Corp, Ted Stevens, Alaska, Vic Kohring, and FBI

...evidence to the defense. Their convictions resulted from a lengthy investigation by prosecutors and the FBI of corruption in the Alaska Legislature. The federal probe focused on officials at VECO Corp., a now-defunct oil field services...

In this article: Pete Kott, Alaska, Bill Allen, Ted Stevens, VECO Corp, Eric Holder, Vic Kohring, and Alaska Legislature

...place by June. Opposition leaders branded the Queen's Speech, written by the government and delivered by Queen Elizabeth II in the House of Lords , as pre-election grandstanding. The speech included an outline of a financial-services bill,...

In this article: Labour Party, House of Lords, U.K., Financial Services Authority, House of Commons, Liberal Democrat, British Bankers' Association, and Bank of England

Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida : Nov. 17 The (Lakeland) Ledger, on why the Florida Legislature axed a 40-year-old land-preservation program: Forever, as it turns out, arrived in 2009. That is when the...

In this article: Florida Legislature, Florida, Charlie Crist, Revenue, Bob Graham, Bob Martinez, Polk County, South Florida Sun Sentinel, The Miami Herald, and Jeb Bush

The US Senate will act in early 2010 on legislation to battle climate change , Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said, ending hopes of a breakthrough by next month's global talks. "We are going to try to do that sometime in...

In this article: US Senate, Climate change, Harry Reid, Natural gas, US Congress, US House, White House, Copenhagen, and US

By Emily Cadei , CQ-Roll Call Emily Cadei , Cq-roll Call - 50 mins ago In the first televised debate of the Massachusetts Senate special election, Democratic Rep. Michael E. Capuano observed wryly that his three Democratic...

In this article: Michael E. Capuano, Nancy Pelosi, Attorney General, Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, and Taxpayers for Common Sense

...was serious business. Wooten 's less-than-sympathetic story made the character assassination all that much easier. When the Alaska state legislature looked into the Troopergate affair, a bi-partisan legislative council appointed an...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Walt Monegan, Alaska, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Department of Public Safety, and Conservatism

Speaker Nancy Pelosi will endorse Representative Michael Capuano 's Senate bid in Massachusetts in Boston on Friday, Mr. Capuano 's campaign has announced. "Whether taking on the CEOs of the financial services industry, supporting marriage...

In this article: Mike Capuano, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq War, Massachusetts Senate, Stephen Pagliuca, Boston Celtics, and Edward M. Kennedy

...strong advocate of increasing the number of women in elected office; Martha Coakley would be only the 18th woman in the current US Senate if elected. A new Suffolk poll has state Attorney General Martha Coakley in the lead with 44% in the...

In this article: Mike Capuano, Nancy Pelosi, Martha Coakley, US Senate, House of Representatives, and Massachusetts

Kolkata , Nov 12 : The US Congress is likely to address the immigration reform policies "in future", US assistant secretary of state for consular affairs Janice L. Jacobs said Thursday. She said the House of Representatives might not take...

In this article: US Congress, US, Climate change, House of Representatives, Tata Consultancy Services, Satyam Computers, Wipro, and Infosys Technologies

...R- Winter Park , "because everybody is in the same place." It is, he says, "a matter of geography." "We're all in town," concurs future Senate President Mike Haridopolos , R- Indialantic. "This is where we meet." This is how far we have...

In this article: Tallahassee, Florida Legislature, Dean Cannon, Mike Haridopolos, Indialantic, Winter Park, Tampa Bay, and Florida

In an unprecedented move by the Florida State Legislature all Three Stooges reruns were officially banned throughout the state today. Local networks, cable, and DirecTV companies were told to pull the plug on the Stooges by Monday, Nov. 8...

In this article: Three Stooges, Brandon Spikes, Florida State Legislature, Florida, Florida Gators, University of Florida, and Gator Bowl