If I had my druthers, I would cut to the chase and go for the Healthy Americans Act, the brainchild of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that has substantial bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

Republicans have prided themselves on finding sympathetic voters and getting them to the polls even in very Democratic places. The Chafee-Whitehouse race will put this effort to the test.

Health care policy and health care reform are back in the news in a big way. The Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care overhaul. The Obama administration has just released guidelines for the operation of the state-based insurance exchanges that are the backbone of the law.

Four upcoming primaries expose the tensions in both parties.

Summary and analysis of the first two months of the 109th U.S. Congress's second session; a look ahead at the rest of the session.

November 2006 is still a long way off, but if early signs are any indication we will not see a major shift in either direction in the Senate.

This issue covers the Senate in the 110th Congress.

Vulnerable incumbents like to tout their clout. This campaign season, they will ask voters: "Do you want to lose all of my power and seniority and be stuck with an ineffective freshman?"