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D.C. Showdownnew

Rep. John Conyers: "We will not allow the administration to steamroll Congress."
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  03-18-2008  |  Politics

Legal Wrangling Over Voter Lists Continuesnew

In January, the Michigan ACLU filed a federal lawsuit claiming that it's illegal to let only Michigan's two major political parties have access to information about who voted in the presidential primary held in Michigan.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  03-11-2008  |  Politics

How Green is Your Candidate?new

The League of Conservation Voters' National Environmental Scorecard for 2007 gives the lowdown on the environmental policies of the major candidates and all members of Congress.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  03-04-2008  |  Politics

Talking with Obamanew

Why the Illinois senator just might be "all that."
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  03-04-2008  |  Politics

The Lost Cause of the John Edwards Campaignnew

His campaign manager, David Bonior, talks about what went wrong, and what's ahead.
Metro Times  |  Curt Guyette  |  02-19-2008  |  Politics

Asian Influencenew

A growing minority tries to define its politics.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  12-18-2007  |  Politics

John Conyers' Hard Choicenew

An expert on impeachment says not this time.
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  12-11-2007  |  Politics

John Conyers Is Beseeched to Impeachnew

Activists are pressing Conyers, who was a supporter of impeachment hearings before the '06 elections, to take up the cause again.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  11-27-2007  |  Politics

Courting Controversynew

Wayne County's Mary Beth Kelly and her chorus of critics.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  11-13-2007  |  Politics

John Dingell's Iraq Inkblotnew

It is odd that a seemingly straightforward piece of legislation could be a sort of political Rorschach test, with different people seeing in it very different things. But that's exactly the case with Dingell's timetable to get U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Metro Times  |  Curt Guyette  |  11-06-2007  |  Politics

Why Does Michigan Want to Move its Primary Up So Early?new

As of last weekend, state Democrats and Republicans were close to a deal to hold a joint presidential primary Jan. 15 -- that would be before New Hampshire, at least as things now stand, and the day after Iowa's caucuses.
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  09-04-2007  |  Politics

Fred Upton's Glow Jobnew

The Michigan congressman wants billions for nukes.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  08-28-2007  |  Politics

Puddinhead Hoekstranew

Michigan representative weighs in on John Ashcroft's Jell-O.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  08-07-2007  |  Politics

Caging the Vote Cagersnew

New testimony points to electoral dirty tricks.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  06-19-2007  |  Politics

Grumpy About Gasnew

Could the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act balk gas price gouging?
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  06-05-2007  |  Politics

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