With the threat of a veto hanging over its head, the National Defense Authorization bill heads to the House floor today for debate. Among the provisions are several dealing with the question of a nuclear weapons armed Iran, and what the United States should do to avert a crisis, prepare to handle the threat, or eliminate the threat altogether.

Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a man whose political success is largely attributable to the aura of befuddled incompetence he uses to disarm his adversaries, was a failed Watergate baby.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has triggered the so-called nuclear option--unilaterally changing Senate rules by a simple majority vote to stop the minority from forcing votes on uncomfortable amendments.

Senator Harry Reid is trying to divide the electoral base of Sharron Angle, his Republican opponent, and to portray her as an extremist, but she can win by focusing on the right issues.

Defeating the Senate's top Democrat and a key architect of ObamaCare would be a huge victory for the GOP, but there is one problem: a candidate running under the banner of the Tea Party of Nevada.

AEI's Joe Antos says actual federal health spending for the health care bill proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be double what Reid claims it will be.

Tuesday's election results offered a bright morning for those who favor free trade, even though one could quibble about how important the trade issue really was to the outcome.