http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 8:06:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35383/ohio-rep-tubbs-jones-dies-after-brain-aneurysm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOhio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died of a brain aneurysm, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving her car near Cleveland yesterday. The five-term congresswoman, a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton, was also the first black woman to serve on the influential Ways and Means Committee.http://www.newser.com/story/35383/ohio-rep-tubbs-jones-dies-after-brain-aneurysm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34892/gay-candidate-wins-shot-at-us-house-seat.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEntrepreneur Jared Polis, who is openly gay, won a Colorado congressional primary Tuesday, and says his victory should send “a signal to young gays and lesbians across the country that they can consider a career in public service,” the New York Times reports . Polis is favored to win in November. And if he does, the 33-year-old founder of bluemountain.com will become the third openly gay member of Congress.http://www.newser.com/story/34892/gay-candidate-wins-shot-at-us-house-seat.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 8:11:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34890/gop-fears-big-losses-in-northeast.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUp to a dozen Republican Congressional seats in the Northeast could fall to Democrats this November, and the New York Times looks at some of the tightest races in the region, where a well-financed Democratic party has won ever more supporters. "There could be a dramatic political realignment in the Northeast if Republicans don’t head it off right now," said one GOP representative.http://www.newser.com/story/34890/gop-fears-big-losses-in-northeast.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 4:44:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34738/reid-takes-the-long-view.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHarry Reid has positioned himself among the Democratic elite in Washington, but that doesn't mean the Senate majority leader is taking his eye off of the 2010 election in his home state of Nevada, reports Politico. Reid is maintaining his power position in the Senate while discreetly launching a campaign to keep his seat and avoid the fate of Tom Daschle in 2004.http://www.newser.com/story/34738/reid-takes-the-long-view.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 12 Aug 2008 9:51:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34740/senator-told-its-unethical-to-deliver-babies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSen.Tom Coburn, an obstetrician by profession, is a stubborn guy. Known around the cloakroom as Dr. No, he isn't about to let anyone tell him to stop delivering babies when he's at home in Oklahoma at recess. The Senate Ethics Committee insists it's a conflict of interest, even though he does it pro bono, Politico reports.http://www.newser.com/story/34740/senator-told-its-unethical-to-deliver-babies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 12 Aug 2008 14:40:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34392/gop-energy-bill-protest-could-overlap-with-dem-convention.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRepublicans say their measures to suspend the House’s August recess and force a vote on a national energy bill could continue until just before the Democratic National Convention—or beyond, the Hill reports. “Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act,” one GOP leader wrote in a letter to his party—and to rank-and file Democrats, the Chicago Tribune adds.http://www.newser.com/story/34392/gop-energy-bill-protest-could-overlap-with-dem-convention.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 07 Aug 2008 14:37:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34301/detroit-mayors-mom-survives-primary-scare.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt looks like the mother of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will survive the scandal that has engulfed her son and keep her seat in Congress, the Detroit Free Press reports. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick barely held off two challengers in the Democratic primary yesterday, making her the heavy favorite in the November election. Her mayoral son is enmeshed in a City Hall sex scandal, which became the focus of the congressional race.http://www.newser.com/story/34301/detroit-mayors-mom-survives-primary-scare.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Aug 2008 13:32:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34228/republicans-continue-house-protest-over-energy-vote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA group of House Republicans continued their protest on the floor of Congress today against Nancy Pelosi's decision to adjourn for summer recess without a vote on their energy plan, which calls for offshore drilling. The lawmakers, speaking in a dimly lit chamber witout a public-address system for the third straight day, say they'll keep it up until Pelosi reconvenes Congress and schedules a vote, reports the Chicago Tribune .http://www.newser.com/story/34228/republicans-continue-house-protest-over-energy-vote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 05 Aug 2008 16:24:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34101/pelosi-teaches-americas-daughters-to-complain.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNancy Pelosi’s new book is titled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters . But if its contents, and the Democrat’s actions, are any indication, America’s daughters mostly have the power to whine, Samantha Sault writes in the Weekly Standard . Amid “tiresome feminist complaining,” Pelosi sees oppression everywhere, committed by men unwilling to let women into their “Secret Sauce Club.”http://www.newser.com/story/34101/pelosi-teaches-americas-daughters-to-complain.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 04 Aug 2008 15:13:55 CDT