ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A congressional subcommittee is examining the New York Yankees' bid for another $350 million in public financing for their new stadium, a move that broadens the question of whether taxpayers should finance professional sports venues.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The House of Representatives met in secret session Thursday night to debate revisions to federal surveillance laws, closing off the chamber for the first time since 1983 at the request of its Republican minority.
Mike Gravel, that old guy from the Democratic debates, is still running for President. But as Joel Stein found out, he mostly just wants some attention, not votes
Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken an early lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, even before voters make their voices heard in the first-in-the-nation presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A congressional subcommittee is examining the New York Yankees' bid for another $350 million in public financing for their new stadium, a move that broadens the question of whether taxpayers should finance professional sports venues.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The House of Representatives met in secret session Thursday night to debate revisions to federal surveillance laws, closing off the chamber for the first time since 1983 at the request of its Republican minority.
Mike Gravel, that old guy from the Democratic debates, is still running for President. But as Joel Stein found out, he mostly just wants some attention, not votes
Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken an early lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, even before voters make their voices heard in the first-in-the-nation presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
CNN hosted a Democratic debate Thursday evening on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. CNN.com users tuned in to see if Hillary Clinton would recover from the last Democratic debate and what questions, if any, would unravel the candidates this time.
Think picnic, political fundraiser, circus, and rally and it pretty much gives you a visual of The Harkin Steak Fry on a hot-air balloon field in Indianola, Iowa.
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group Tuesday that he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday there was no evidence of a cover-up of the circumstances of Army Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman's death.
The eight candidates vying to be the Democrat nominee for president in the 2008 elections answered questions submitted by CNN and YouTube users in a debate Tuesday night. Here is a full transcript of the event:
Democratic presidential hopefuls traded barbs over the war in Iraq Sunday night in New Hampshire, with former Sen. John Edwards blasting two rivals for not taking the lead on a recent war spending bill.
Every presidential candidate sees New Hampshire as a critical state, but for Democratic candidates looking a breakthrough, the Granite State is the political land of hope and possibility.
No blood was spilled in the first of umpteen presidential debates, and you had to listen hard for the low-impact jabs during Thursday night's showdown between Democratic presidential hopefuls.
President Bush slammed Democrats on Friday after the House narrowly approved a supplemental war spending bill that includes an August 31, 2008, deadline for combat troops to leave Iraq.
Less than two weeks after filing papers to set up an exploratory committee for a possible bid for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. Evan Bayh has dropped out of the running.
The Republican Party is projected to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, marking the sixth consecutive term in which it has held the majority.
Some say they're tweedledum and tweedledee (or Tweedledum and Tweedledumber, as it was put by a particularly acid writer on I forget which fringe of the political spectrum). Despite the divisivenes...
Day three of tracking blogs surrounding the activities of the Democratic National Convention focused on former presidential candidates, including John Edwards, as well as delegate doings, media coverage and, of course, Barack Obama.
One day after reaffirming his belief that "we have to be in Iraq," John Kerry wins backing today from Dennis Kucinich, whose antiwar base threatened to be a mild distraction from Kerry's coronation in Boston.
With the Democratic National Convention set to begin next week, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced his support Thursday for Sen. John Kerry as the party's presidential candidate, representatives for both Democrats said.
The audience cheered on Monday as Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich strode through the crowd on his mission to the microphone to address students at Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus.
Two full days of 9/11 commission hearings have blocked most TV coverage of the '04 campaign, but those hearings did more to influence the Bush/Kerry race than any new attack ad or policy speech ever could. With the pent-up energy of two boys stuck in rainy-day recess, George Bush and John Kerry roar back into campaign mode today, armed with publicity stunts they've kept under wraps all week.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrats who ran unsuccessfully for their party's presidential nomination this year walked away from the race with something of a consolation prize -- higher name recognition and a broader platform for their respective agendas.
Editor's note: Campus Vibe is a feature that provides student perspectives on the 2004 election from selected colleges across the United States. This week's contributor is Dwayne Robinson, student writer at The Alligator, the University of Florida student newspaper. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or the University of Florida.
Facing off in the last debate before Tuesday's nominating contests in 10 states, the four Democratic presidential contenders united in their attacks on the Bush administration for its handling of Haiti but quarreled over economic issues.
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and his son, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, endorsed Sen. John Kerry for president Saturday.
Democratic front-runner Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts added three more wins to his victory column, sweeping contests in Utah, Idaho and Hawaii over his major rival for the presidential nomination, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts won the caucuses in Nevada and the District of Columbia on Saturday, widening his strong lead over his Democratic rivals.
Sen. John Kerry took two victories in southern primaries Tuesday which drove one of his rivals with roots in the South out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sen. John Kerry was projected to win Maine's Democratic caucuses Sunday evening, the third straight weekend victory for the front-runner in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
For the first time since Iowa, Howard Dean is not the post-election story. And after the results of yesterday's seven-state contest, he's not even the sidebar.
A presidential candidate makes few moves the world does not see. Cameras catch virtually every speech, every gesture, every triumph and every misstep, and hold them up under the bright light of public scrutiny.
Let's suppose John Edwards wins South Carolina today, as polls suggest he well might. Does the native-son-of-a-mill-worker draw any sort of bounce from this? More importantly, what does he do for an encore?
Sen. John Kerry moved atop the Democratic pack in New Hampshire five days before the state's presidential primary, with a five-point edge over his closest rival, Howard Dean, in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll out Thursday.
When the cameras roll tonight at the St. Anselm's College debate, look for all seven Democrats to be on their best behavior. Why? Because the biggest message out of Iowa this week wasn't about organization, money or momentum. It was about kindness.
Despite being credited with breathing life into his presidential bid by pushing positive themes, Sen. John Edwards' campaign circulated a confidential briefing book earlier this month that instructed supporters on how to attack his Democratic rivals during the Iowa caucuses.
Democratic presidential candidates John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich have struck a deal to support each other should one candidate fail to draw the minimum support needed to compete in Monday night's Iowa caucuses, Edwards campaign sources said.
Sure, you could decide whom to vote for by listening to the candidates speak and reading their position papers, but wouldn't it be easier if there were armies of political-science majors who did all the sorting and thinking for you?
Editor's note: Campus Vibe is a weekly feature that provides student perspectives on the 2004 election from selected colleges across the United States. This week's contributor is Jerome C. Pandell, the special projects editor of The Daily Northwestern, the student newspaper of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or Northwestern University.
Just days before the January 19 Iowa caucuses, the first referendum of the 2004 presidential campaign, Democratic candidates were criticizing President Bush, special interests and health-care coverage.
John Kerry is in New Hampshire today talking about workers rights. Joe Lieberman is down the road trying to position himself squarely between two "extremists," President Bush and Howard Dean. Hadassah's in the Granite State, too, as are Dennis Kucinich, Wesley Clark and Carol Moseley Braun.
ONE LESSON Americans learned in the Eighties was that they had to take responsibility for their own fates. For companies, in the age of raiders and Darwinian global competition, this was luminously...
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