Congressmen Start to Line Up for Censure Count

When the Congress reconvenes next week, one of the more closely-watched agenda items will the censure vote of Charlie Rangel. If Rangel is censured, it will mark the first time since 1983 that a member of Congress has faced the punishment.

Unless he cuts a deal beforehand, Rangel is widely expected to be censured, especially Read More

Democrats File Complaint Against Ball

ALBANY—Some Democratic lawyers are complaining that the already-out-of-the-box Congressional campaign of Assemblyman Greg Ball violated federal election law.

The Democratic Lawyers Council filed the above complaint before the Federal Election Commission on Friday, alleging that Ball unlawfully solicited money from corporations and did not claim that a robocall unleashed in the congressional district was Read More

The Lalor Dilemma: A War Candidacy in an Economics Election

[img_assist|nid=85|title=Kieran Lalor and Fred Thompson.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=250|height=188]Congressional challenger Kieran Lalor thought this was going to be an easier campaign.

He's a Republican Iraq War veteran running in a Hudson Valley district that voted for George W. Bush over John Kerry 53-45, and he's challenging incumbent freshman Democrat John Hall who, in 2006, ousted a Republican incumbent withRead More