We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer.

In my case, I pay a standard premium to participate in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan for my wife and myself out of each month's paycheck.

Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy.

Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then.

The salary of a member of Congress ends the day that he of she leaves office.

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.

The progress in Iraq has not been without cost.