http://www.mail.com/people/241132-mazie-hirono.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/241132-mazie-hirono.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1797032-fiscal-clashes-loom-congress-opens.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them, in an intensely partisan and crisis-driven era of divided government. "The American dream is in peril," said House Speaker John Boehner, re-elected to his post despite a mini-revolt in Republican ranks. Moments a... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1797032-fiscal-clashes-loom-congress-opens.html 2013-01-03T22:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1798116-face-congress.html Politically, the 113th Congress that was sworn in Thursday won't be much of a change from the less-than-stellar 112th Congress it replaces: Democrats picked up a few seats in the House and Senate, but the balance of power is unchanged, with Republicans controlling the House and Democrats holding a majority in the Senate. Yet a closer look finds that Congr... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1798116-face-congress.html 2013-01-03T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1788700-biden-swears-schatz-senator-hawaii.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Schatz symbolized a generational change in Hawaii's Senate delegation, taking the hand of his new colleague, 88-year-old Sen. Daniel Akaka, moments before being sworn in Thursday as the successor to the late Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye. Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath of office in a chamber peopled by a dozen Democ... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1788700-biden-swears-schatz-senator-hawaii.html 2012-12-27T20:06:00Z