WASHINGTON- Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., had a tough decision to make, and some pro-life organizations think he made the wrong one.

Brownback has one of the strongest pro-life records in the U.S. Senate, but he penned a letter supporting Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who is a strong advocate for abortion rights, including late-term abortions, to become President Obama's secretary of Health and Human Services.

WASHINGTON-President Obama's speech to Congress last week had nary a mention of global solutions to the economic crisis, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's address to that same group Wednesday had a decidedly global agenda.

Few moves by former President George W. Bush invited praise from former President Bill Clinton. But on World AIDS Day last December, Clinton lauded Bush's HIV/AIDS program in Africa, as did President Barack Obama and Bill and Melinda Gates.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-"How about those House Republicans?" Sen. Jim DeMint said to a roomful of cheers at the Heritage Foundation after the House GOP uniformly rejected the proposed stimulus package at the end of January, energizing GOP lawmakers in both chambers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-In the same ballroom where the Republican National Committee mourned John McCain's loss last Nov. 4, members of the RNC elected a new chairman in an effort to become a party that wins national elections. Instead of dancing under chandeliers to Americana music as they did on Election Night, delegates at the Capital Hilton huddled in whispered negotiations as the vote on five candidates for the new party leader dragged on for several hours.

WASHINGTON-Just before the House of Representatives passed a $410 billion appropriations bill for 2009, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans sent a letter to the Democratic leadership calling for the continuation of myriad pro-life provisions that govern domestic spending.

"Let's not allow it to be political," said Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., one of the authors of the letter along with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. "This group can start to lead the way."

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives is working on finalizing its spending legislation for the year, to the tune of $410 billion, and one local school voucher program could be on the chopping block.