Topic: Daniel Inouye

A possible blessing for Dick Lugar in fight to retain US Senate seat

A primary vote Tuesday in Indiana will determine if Sen. Dick Lugar (R) will get the GOP nod to run again for his seat. It helps Lugar that Rick Santorum, who would have drawn a lot of conservative voters to the polls, is out of the presidential race, analysts note.

Credit cards stolen? Even senators aren't safe.

Credit cards, including US Sen. Daniel Inouye's, were fraudulently used to buy $12,000 in Wal-Mart gift cards, merchandise. Georgia woman charged with using account numbers of credit cards has had her hearing postponed.

Medicare vouchers plan shelved for now

Medicare reform passed the House. But GOP leaders say they won't push Medicare vouchers in the current round of spending talks.

US debt crisis: Can a deeply divided 'Gang of Seven' make any progress?

The members of the House and Senate who were appointed to the latest presidential deficit panel represent the starkest partisan views on Capitol Hill. But that could be a good thing.

F-35 jet a waste of taxpayers' dollars, say McCain, Gates

F-35 jet: Defense Sec. Robert Gates, the Pentagon, the White House and Sen. John McCain all say development of a second F-35 jet engine is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Republicans take a $100 billion whack at Obama budget

Bending to party conservatives – notably tea partiers – House GOP leaders propose steep cuts in many popular programs for the rest of the fiscal year. Will it lead to a government shut-down?

Stopgap spending bill clears Congress. What happens next?

Passage of the spending bill, which goes to Obama for signing, averts a midnight government shutdown. It also leaves the bitter fight over spending to the next Congress.

Top 10 senators seeking earmarks

The omnibus spending bill died Thursday in the Senate amid controversy over the practice of earmarking, or inserting funding for pet projects into legislation. Here are the senators who sought the most spending for their states, ranked by the monetary value of proposed earmarks, whether alone or with others.

Pearl Harbor: 5 top books on the attack

It was 69 years ago today – Dec. 7, 1941 – that the Japanese Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Four US battleships were sunk and 188 aircraft were destroyed. On the US side, the human toll was horrific, with 2,402 personnel killed and 1,282 wounded.

For reflections on this historic day, we recommend one of the five titles below.

Homeland Security talks about air cargo changes needed

Homeland Security talks about changes needed to improve air cargo security, while lobbying by the multibillion-dollar freight industry slows process.

Congress scoffs at Obama's plan to trim 'pork' spending

A White House plan released Monday would give the president more power to cut 'pork' spending. But Congress controls the federal purse strings jealously.

House Republicans, besting Democrats, will ban all earmarks

House Republicans said Thursday they will adopt a unilateral, one-year ban on funding requests for all member projects, or earmarks. House Democrats put forward a partial ban the day before.

New information at hand about your lawmaker's 'earmarks'

A database from watchdog groups compares projects backed by members of Congress with campaign contributors. Billions are involved in potential conflicts of interest.

Why Democrats buckled to GOP fears on Guantánamo

The Senate denied Obama the money to shut down the prison, in part because Democrats didn't want to be seen as soft on terrorism.

After budget resolution, the real work begins

The process of allocating taxpayer dollars starts in earnest as the 13 separate appropriations bills make their way through committees.

Pesky earmarks still in eye of budget storm

‘Member projects’ are a tiny part of the federal budget, but they’re a problem for Obama.

Senators want to alter stimulus

Republicans are poised to cut spending, increase tax cuts, and refocus on homeowners.

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Campaign 'robocalls' catch Congress's ear

A bipartisan bill, introduced Tuesday, would keep Americans from being flooded with automated political phone calls.