James Inhofe

It began with Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens' proposal to move natural gas use from power generation to the transportation sector. Now both Republicans and Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.).....

by Jim Tankersley A pair of President-elect Barack Obama's key environmental appointees are appearing before a Senate panel this morning - and perhaps set to shed light on the details of some of the new administration's plans to combat global......

by Frank James Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla) was just on C-SPAN where he cited President John F. Kennedy's famous 1961 tax-cut to boost a flagging economy as one reason he believes the current economic stimulus should have included more......

By Jim Tankersley Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) offered a stark message today to her colleagues who want to delay or kill major reductions in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: You've already lost. Boxer chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works...

By Jim Tankersley Chalk up another casualty in the Obama administration's attempts to staff federal agencies. Jon Cannon, nominated to be the deputy director of the Environmental Protection Agency, pulled his name from consideration today, citing...

by Julian E. Barnes The Pentagon unveiled perhaps the most sweeping changes in spending priorities in decades, as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today outlined a long list of programs that he hopes to eliminate, and proposed new spending for......

The Senate gave final passage today to a bill putting a single director in charge of the nation's spy agencies, capping a contentious, five-month legislative push to respond to the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission that investigated the 2001...

Following is testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as provided by Federal News Service. SEN. JOHN WARNER: The committee meets today for the second of a series of hearings regarding the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by some elements...