One account attributes a supposed bean soup mandate to a Minnesota senator who expressed his fondness for it more than a ...

A Democrat from Louisiana, he pushed for nuclear power and ending the nation’s reliance on foreign oil in his four terms on ...

For decades, politicians distanced themselves from Nixon's Watergate legacy. Now, some are advancing a new history.

He placed his country and the good of its people above his party and his politics. Bill Neibergall The Des Moines Register Let’s get this out of the way from the start: I’m very liberal and ...

1991 – Undergoes surgery for prostate cancer. 1995-1996 – Serves as Senate majority leader and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. April 10, 1995 – Dole formally announces that he is running for ...