history and timeline of the operation and subsequent scandal....

By a 5-4 vote, the court held the mandate valid under Congress' constitutional authority "to lay and collect Taxes".... Conservatives wanted to see the Supreme Court put a limit on the commerce power, and Thursday it did.

The policy landscape will change dramatically after 10 a.m. today. If the Supreme Court does not strike down Obamacare in its entirety, Congress should move to repeal it....

We must view our islands as interdependent and remain open to all renewable projects....

"Either you or your most senior advisors were involved in managing Operation Fast & Furious and the fallout from it, or ... "

The Nursing Facility Sustainability Program special fund is expected to generate $11.5 million. Twelve percent of the revenue shall be used by the DHS ....

The RAISE Act would lift the ceiling on unionized workers' wages by allowing employers to pay individual workers more—but not less—than the union contract specifies.

The claim that coordinated care will save money without degrading quality is a common belief behind almost all mainstream health reform efforts....

The very public failure of energy company Solyndra has focused a lot of attention on the Department of Energy's loan guarantee programs....

Hawaii Republican Candidate Takes Big Third Step to Achieving ‘Young Gun’ Status....

The Chamber's invitation is to the primary winners.  Congresswoman Mazie Hirono was also invited but has not accepted....

NMFS prepared a draft take reduction plan and was required to finalize the plan and implementing regulations no later than December 16, 2011, but failed to do so, which is why we’re back in court....

Berg introduced Resolution 12-160 to put a stop to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation's frivolous expenditures that continue to promote rail....

"We responded to every single one of the arguments in their 300-some pages of briefing."

...years ago rail was the low energy user and today it has morphed into being a relatively high energy user....

...the Court's docket entry was updated to reflect consideration of the petition at the Thursday, June 28, 2012 conference....

At the bottom of the scale were two states where fewer than half of all adults went to the polls four years ago: Hawaii (46.8 percent) and Texas (48.8 percent)....

"That means police statewide can immediately begin calling to check immigration status—but federal officials are likely to reject most of those calls," reports Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times.

...pent up demand has been filled by black-market opportunism. About 450 multi-room country inns, including one with 41 beds the City cannot seem to shut down, have established themselves in residences outside the commercial districts....

According to the Associated General Contractors of America, Hononlulu ranks 272^nd in construction growth, losing 1,400 construction jobs over the past year.