Ithaca attorney Leslie Danks Burke announced her candidacy Wednesday for the congressional seat in New York State’s 22nd District, which is currently held by Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.). Hinchey, who has served in Congress for 18 years, said in January that he would not seat reelection.

After suffering a stroke Saturday, Senator Mark Kirk ’81 (R-Ill.), was in intensive care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Ill., as of Monday night. 

Gabrielle Giffords M.A. '96 announced that she will resign from her position in Congress, just over a year after a gunman opened fire at Jan. 8, 2011 meeting with constituents in front of a Tucson grocery store.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey, an upstate Democrat in his 10th term whose district includes Ithaca, recently announced that he will not seek re-election.

Maggie Henry '14 emphazises the need for environmental legislation in the face of House Republican recall attempts.

Congress passed a bill last semester, effectively ending the Space Shuttle program, potentially freeing up budgetary space for larger missions, such as a trip to Mars.  In the meantime, NASA will rely on private, commercial space flights and international partnership for access to the space station.

Mich. state Sen. Hansen Clarke ’84 upset seven-term incumbent Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the 13th District’s seat to the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Friday, two Cornell professors will present a briefing to congressional staffers on cyber security and information technology, arguing that our conversations may not be as private as we would like to think.

Everyone loves to hate Congress. Despite recent improvements, Congress still only boasts an abysmal approval rating of 21 percent, according to the latest numbers from the Gallup report. Last year, Rasmussen Reports had their approval rating hit single digits, making George Bush seem quite popular in comparison.

In an admirable move, students emerged from the East Hill bubble earlier this month to rally members of Congress to advocate for additional financial aid, specifically in the form of funding for the Pell Grant program. We were glad to see that despite budget cuts across the University, Cornell agreed to sponsor this trip, bringing to the forefront some of the most pressing roadblocks standing in the way of equal access to education in this country.