Rep. Joe Baca has achieved near celebrity status in his suburban Los Angeles district, as much for his record of giveaways — Thanksgiving turkeys, college scholarships, spare boots for firefighters — as for anything he has done in Congress.

In another time and place, in an era devoid of razor-sharp political elbows, Tea Party politics and instant, viral communication, South Carolina Rep. John Spratt might be just another powerful incumbent cruising to easy re-election. But this is no ordinary year, and Spratt is no ordinary politician. The Democrat, the dean of the S.C. delegation with 28 years in Washington, faces the fight of his ...

Republican leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) will be in Rep. Ike Skelton’s (D-Mo.) back yard this weekend. Read more...

The S.C. Legislative Audit Council met Wednesday but did not take up a request for an audit of Patriots Point , the financially strained naval ship museum in Mount Pleasant.