Every serious study of U.S. infrastructure has reached the same conclusion: More investment is needed -- and fast. But with Sen. Jeff Bingaman's amendment to the highway reauthorization bill, the Senate effectively penalizes states for using innovative infrastructure financing.

Finding oil is a long, complex, cumbersome, and expensive process.

The Gulf Coast oil disaster was exacerbated by the lack of congressional oversight of the inept and corrupt Minerals Management Service, which is symbolic of the larger state of dysfunction in American politics.

The top priority for Democrats is jobs. The stimulus package was supposed to be a major jobs booster. It has helped significantly--but nowhere near enough.

Publications like the National Journal have ranked Obama as the most liberal senator, but the ranking system carries some flaws.

Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, and not just because of the war in Iraq: the economy is also giving us pause.

Renewing the threat: those in Congress smart enough to reject cap-and-trade should be smart enough to reject it again, even if it is couched in different language.

The summer's hottest horror flick might be called Kyoto 8: The Bad Idea That Wouldn't Die. It opens in the U.S. Senate this week, andcomes toGleneagles, Scotland, next month.