The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping climate change bill today that will significantly change the way Americans use and produce energy.

Gov. Mark Sanford ranks in the top 50 based on the total amount that he spent on trips paid by his office and those paid by the state Commerce Department. Sanford has traveled to China, Argentina and Brazil through the Commerce Dept.....$21,488.....

CNN) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, just back from a secret trip to Argentina unknown to his staff or his wife, admitted Wednesday he has carried on an extramarital affair.

Making good on U.S. President Obama's promise to accelerate the greening of the federal fleet, the US General Services Administration has ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles. The GSA said it ordered the vehicles from General Motors, Chrysler & Ford.

Colin Powell Sunday defended his Republican credentials and fired back at radio host Rush Limbaugh and former Vice President Dick Cheney, saying the party had to expand beyond its conservative base.

A new report on printing habits of government workers reveals that Federal employees print an average of 30 pages a day, each. And while Baby Boomers are the most wasteful, Gen Y is close behind.

The floods resulted from "a rare combination of unusually heavy winter snow and a spring warm-up over the past week that saw temperatures soar into the 70s -- a good 20 degrees higher than normal for this time of year."

Obama cracked wise this weekend about Cheney, telling the White House Correspondents' Dinner that the former VP was working on his memoir, entitled "How To Shoot Friends and Interrogate People."

The test took the form of an arcane government regulation called EPA-420-F-09-024, which might help explain why Barack Obama passed a science test and most of the class didn't notice. And as is too often the case, the Americans who did notice graded Obama

Ignorance has a face-and it's a nasty,sneering one,with a fat cigar in it's mouth.Rush Limbaugh the uncaring and compassion-phobic face of the GOP,has been addressing wealthy right wing donors,and as usual he is proudly displaying his idiocy.