Joe Wilson

by Mark Silva Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor: "Winners." So say a majority of Americans asked to assess the political winners of 2009 - with the first lady leading the list. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed by the......

by Mark Silva and updated at 2:30 pm EDT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from San Francisco, invoked the memory of a violent juncture in her city's history today in calling for a cooler public debate. Across town, the......

by Mark Silva Fear of "big changes'' and the growing role of government - but not racial prejudice - are behind much of the heated criticism that the White House faces, President Barack Obama said during a television network-sweeping series......

by Mark Silva "You lie,'' Republican Rep. Joe Wilson called out in the middle of President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress. "That's not true,'' Obama replied from the dais. Wilson later apologized for a "lack of......

by Mark Silva and updated Joe the congressman had a big night. But Rep. Joe Wilson may be having a bad day. The official House Web-site of the South Carolina Republican who shouted out to the president during last night's......

by Mark Silva There were more Democrats than Republicans watching the president's televised speech to Congress on health care last night, and they generally liked what they heard and saw - that's the first take from a fast, independent survey......

by Richard Simon The Democratic-controlled House today voted to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for heckling President Barack Obama during his health-care address to Congress last week, heightening partisan tensions in the Capitol. Although the...

by Peter Nicholas As the nation's first black president strives to keep the public focused on healthcare, he is facing an unwanted detour into race. That's probably the last thing Barack Obama wants to discuss as he presses for a......

by Mark Silva and updated Rep. Joe Wilson, the Republican congressman from South Carolina who called President Barack Obama a liar in public - and later apologized to the White Houseprivately - is turning to his supporters for backing as......

by Mark Silva Rep. Joe Wilson may have stood up to the president, when he called President Barack Obama a liar during the president's address to Congress last week, but he didn't have much public support for doing so. More......

by Mark Silva The House this afternoon is likely to take up that vote of censure in the case of Rep. Joe Wilson, who yelled at President Obama during a presidential address to Congress. The congressman didn't just yell. He......

by Mark Siva We couldn't help but notice tens of thousands of protesters filling the streets of Washington today for a "TEA Party,'' a nationally coordinated protest against taxes. "Joe Wilson was right,'' read the placard of one protester, invoking......