John Hoeven

Highway, mass-transit projects: Voting 421 for and four against, the House on March 2 sent the Senate a bill (HR662) to provide billions of dollars in funding for road and bridge construction, mass transit, and highway safety from March 4 through Sept....

Republican budget cuts: Voting 256 for and 165 against, the House on Jan. 25 approved a measure (HRes38) setting the stage for votes on a Republican plan to sharply cut federal spending in the final seven months of fiscal 2011. The measure authorizes...

House - ending Feb. 19 USA Patriot Act: Voting 279 for and 143 against, the House on Feb. 17 sent President Obama a bill (HR514) to extend for 90 days the only sections of the post-9/11USA Patriot Act that are not yet permanent law. The three sections...

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota officials are pressing federal officials to give flooded Devils Lake farmers a break. "Prevented planting" provisions in federal crop insurance provide payments to farmers who are unable to seed a crop on overly wet or...

Republican says Obama holding up trade pact ratification; Obama says unconditional love is important to children....

Four North Dakota youth have helped shape national 4-H policy and learned how to make a difference in their communities. The youth attended the 2011 National 4-H Conference in Chevy Chase, Md., during the first week in April. The National 4-H...

WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Saturday: HOUSE Abortion tax policies Voting 251 for and 175 against, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill (HR3) that would use the U.S. tax code as a...

Northern State University alumnus Tim Karsky has been named president of the Bismarck, N.D., market for Starion Financial. He formerly was commissioner of the department of financial institutions for the state of North Dakota for the nine years and...