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All five U.S. House members from Oklahoma voted Tuesday for legislation that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The legislation passed 228 to 196, mostly along party lines. All five of Oklahoma’s House members are Republicans. Democrats said the bill was unconstitutional and a waste of the House’s time since the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, would not consider it. The Obama administration issued a veto threat of the bill. Rep. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, said, “Children are a precious gift from God, and we should speak up for the vulnerable who cannot speak for themselves.…

The Obama administration issued a veto threat for the multi-year farm bill set for consideration by the U.S. House this week. The statement says the bill cuts too much from the food stamp program and not enough from subsidies to farmers. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, is the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and will be managing the legislation on the House floor. Lucas said last week that he was optimistic the bill would garner enough votes for passage. The normally laid-back rancher delivered a fiery defense of his bill on the House floor on Tuesday, saying he had seen the devastation wrought in his home county, Roger Mills, in far western Oklahoma, as the result of bad farm policy.…

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, secured $100 million for construction at Oklahoma military bases in the defense bill approved last week by the committee. According to Inhofe, the bill includes about $71 million for construction and maintenance of hangars, fuel distribution facilities and squadron operations at Tinker. Altus Air Force Base, which was recently named the site for the Formal Training Unit for the KC-46A refueling tanker, will get $33 million for facilities maintenance and construction projects, Inhofe’s office said.…

The recent death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, was a reminder that a dwindling number of World War II veterans remain with us, and even fewer are still involved in public service.

The state won a rare legal victory in the area of reproductive services when a federal judge nixed Planned Parenthood’s attempt to keep its northeastern Oklahoma WIC contract in place.

We’ve noted before that legislative leaders tend to give their handiwork high marks.

State Sen. Josh Brecheen and House Speaker T.W. Shannon noted this week that Gov.

Some conservatives complain that the Obama administration often gets a free pass from the press.

A new state Ethics Commission rule should reduce abuse of the ethics system.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., reached a new low in classless crassness with his rant accusing Republicans of ignoring perils of the planet that he says affect the weather.

A seeming lack of diversity in the Oklahoma Legislature is sometimes cited as a sign that the state is slow to embrace change, unlike other states that lean to the left and favor the Democratic Party.

When Howard Dean sought the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, a National Review cover famously declared, “Please nominate this man.” Dean showed why Republicans wanted him to be the face of the Democratic Party when, in a recent TV appearance, he proclaimed, “Benghazi is a laughable joke.” When a Republican National Committee spokesman pointed out that the death of four Americans didn’t seem funny, Dean responded, “Oh, stop it.” As we now know, the Obama administration insisted on claiming the Benghazi attack was a protest of a YouTube video, not a terrorist attack, long after the administration knew better.

Say this for state Rep. David Dank: He doesn’t give up easily.

State Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, says a group of private citizens has asked him to help launch a website that will “draw connections between campaign contributions and tax credits.” That’s a perfectly legitimate exercise.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin this week rejected an idea aimed at ensuring that state agencies are operating as efficiently as possible.

“They froze us out completely,” the state lawmaker said.

Statistics keep getting in the way of Democrats’ arguments that voter identification laws place an unfair burden on minorities.

In a news release this week announcing the election of their leadership team for 2015-2016, Oklahoma House Democrats noted that Rep.

Another day, another pointless protest along the route of the Keystone XL pipeline’s southern leg.

President Barack Obama claims he’s for “balanced” deficit reduction that relies on the rich paying just a little more.