By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair derailed his political career, returned to Congress on Wednesday with his Argentine "soul mate" at his side.
Republican Mark Sanford's campaign for South Carolina's open House seat was slumping two weeks ago when he gambled on a stunt many at the time ridiculed: He "debated" a life-size poster-photo of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford — once a rising star in the Republican Party whose career crashed four years ago after a bizarre extramarital affair — capped a remarkable political comeback Tuesday by winning a special election for the state's open House seat.
President Obama's health care law may be a partisan flash point on Capitol Hill, but unique factors have forced it to play a supporting role in spring campaigns to fill empty seats in Congress.
They were last airborne on July 19, 1967: the four-man Navy crew from the USS Hornet that took off in an SH-3A Sea King helicopter to rescue a downed pilot in Ha Nam Province, North Vietnam. Hit by anti-aircraft gunfire, the helicopter crashed and the men never returned. Nearly 46 years later, the pilot and his crew will be united again for a final time.
Army Lt. Col. Don Carlos Faith Jr. will be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery 62 years after he was killed on a North Korean battlefield.
Mark Sanford asked South Carolina voters for their forgiveness, and — so far —enough said yes.
Disgraced former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's comeback bid takes a big step this week, when Palmetto State voters will decide if he deserves another shot in office.
Fresh off his filibuster that captured the hearts of libertarian conservatives, Sen. Rand Paul told attendees Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the Republican Party has become "stale" and must return to basic constitutional principles if it wants to ignite a political revolution.
A group of 72 lawmakers have revived an effort to ask the government's watchdog agency to scrutinize taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood and five other organizations who provide family-planning services.
A group of 72 lawmakers have revived an effort to ask the government's watchdog agency to scrutinize taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood and five other organizations who provide family-planning services.
Mark Sanford is asking South Carolinians for their forgiveness -- and their votes. The disgraced former Republican governor, who quietly left office two years ago after a bizarre high-profile extramarital affair in 2009, is back on the ballot, running in a March 19 special-election primary to fill the House seat vacated by Tim Scott's December appointment to the Senate.
Elizabeth Colbert Busch remembers watching the funeral of Robert Kennedy on television, with her younger brother Stephen _ now the star of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" _ sitting in her lap. She said to herself, "Someday, if they let women run for office, I'm going to."
Elizabeth Colbert Busch remembers watching the funeral of Robert Kennedy on television, with her younger brother Stephen _ now the star of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" _ sitting in her lap. She said to herself, "Someday, if they let women run for office, I'm going to."
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler is a 34-year-old Washington state Republican beginning her second term in Congress. The youngest female representative in Congress, she won't be old enough to run for president until November. But the people she relies on to carry out the day-to-day work of legislating make her look like an old hand.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott, the former House member whose appointment to the Senate in December triggered the special election, said Mr. Sanford "merits support."
"Mark Sanford is hands down better on all of those issues, and that's why I believe he merits support."
