As Senators get closer to taking their August break, they are racing to finish some important business. They are hoping for a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and the cash-for-clunkers program.

South Carolina Democratic leaders are criticizing a state GOP vote to publicly reprimand Gov. Mark Sanford, rather than ask him to resign, as a meaningless move that provides him cover to stay in office.

A Democrat in his second term in the South Carolina House is switching to the majority party.

The State newspaper reported Thursday that Hall said he needed treatment for a heart condition.

It may not be DOA like other presidential budgets, but President Barack Obama’s initial offering provides plenty of goals for congressional Democrats and targets for Republicans.

Valentine’s Day is this Saturday and politics don’t have to be your true love to come celebrate the 7th Anniversary of the Lowcountry GOP Breakfast Club.

Alaska governor Sarah Palin tells fellow GOP governors in Miami that the future of the Republican Party is in its past.

House Republicans say they’re sending a top leader to renewed negotiations on President Bush’s 700 billion-dollar plan to bail out the financial industry.

President Bush predicted dire consequences if Congress doesn’t act on the proposed $700 billion economic bailout plan.  But some House Republicans are refusing to go along with the plan and are pushing one of their own.

The South Carolina Republican Party is launching its campaign office operation for federal and state candidates.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and state GOP chairman Katon Dawson plan to open the party’s Victory ‘08 office in West Columbia on Monday.

On the presidential campaign trail today, Barack Obama is hitting back against John McCain.  For the first time the word “lying” has come into this campaign.

The son of late Gov. Carroll Campbell told The Associated Press Monday that he’s mulling running again.

The USA Today/Gallup Poll has McCain leading Barack Obama 50% to 46% among registered voters.  That’s outside the poll’s margin of error. 

Interview with Senator Jim DeMint at the RNC in St. Paul, MN