Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.

I'm a Democrat, but I'm really bipartisan - some people might say nonpartisan.

Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate.

If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.