... right, and I commend him for speaking out against it), but the state party is airing it anyway and using the controversy to raise money for the party....And since John McCain isn’t exactly the most popular Republican Senator in North Carolina, the party figures that the money is more important than obeying t...It’s raising money for the North Carolina Republican Party, which is lacking funds (like most state parties)...

The Senate Finance Committee will investigate “just how the government decided to front $30 billion in taxpayer dollars for the Bear Stearns deal,” in the words of Senator Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who is chairman of the panel. He and the committee’s ranking Republican, Senator Charles E. Gra ...

Congress should cut short its spring break to work on proposals this week that would tighten regulation of investment banks and help people facing foreclosure, a Republican senator said Sunday

San Francisco Gate - A Republican senator from Oklahoma is calling for a federal investigation into San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's use of Municipal Transportation Agency funds to pay the salaries of his aides and city lobbyists. Sen. Tom Coburn, one of the Senate's ...

San Francisco Gate - A Republican senator from Oklahoma is calling for a federal investigation into San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's use of Municipal Transportation Agency funds to pay the salaries of his aides and city lobbyists. Sen. Tom Coburn, one of the Senate's ...