World & Nation
Seven members of Congress asked the Justice Department on Friday for a criminal investigation into the tobacco industry’s activities for the last 40 years.
May 28, 1994
Politics
Ethics inquiry looks into several House panel members
Oct. 31, 2009
What the House ethics papers say about the PMA probe
Politics: Success is unlikely, since bid to outlaw ‘partial-birth’ procedure is six votes short. Prospects are also viewed as nil in the Senate.
Sept. 19, 1996
An independent group of nuclear weapons experts said Monday that substantial work remained to be done on a new generation of warheads in order to show, short of underground testing, that the bombs would be reliable.
Oct. 2, 2007
The lab’s edge was in assuring it would need no underground testing.
March 3, 2007
Arch-conservative Sen.
May 9, 1990
* designates incumbent Dist. -- Candidate (Party) ALABAMA 1 -- Sonny Callahan * (R) 2 -- Terry Everett (R) 3 -- Glen Browder * (D) 4 -- Tom Bevill * (D) 5 -- Bud Cramer * (D) 6 -- Spencer Bachus (R) 7 -- Earl Hilliard (D) ALASKA 1 -- Don Young * (R) ARIZONA 1 -- Sam Coppersmith (D) 2 -- Ed Pastor * (D) 3 -- Bob Stump * (R) 4 -- Jon Kyl * (R) 5 -- Jim Kolbe * (R) 6 -- Karen English (D) ARKANSAS 1 -- Blanche Lambert (D) 2 -- Ray Thornton * (D) 3 -- Tim Hutchinson (R) 4 -- Jay Dickey (R) COLORADO 1 -- Pat Schroeder * (D) 2 -- David E.
Nov. 5, 1992
California lawmakers made a mixed showing this week in the scramble for choice seats on crucial House committees in the 99th Congress.
Jan. 25, 1985
The largest and most diverse class of freshman lawmakers since World War II took the oath of office Tuesday as the 103rd Congress convened amid pomp and ceremony and pledges by Democrats and Republicans to end 12 years of government gridlock.
Jan. 6, 1993