Re: "The corps has a problem," Our Opinions, April 24. Your editorial about the dispute I've had with Sen. David Vitter misses the point. My disagreement with Sen. Vitter is that for the past seven ...

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon's backers for Senate can't seem to get enough of the story about incumbent David Vitter's former aide, fired last month after the political world learned he'd been arrested ...

When news broke that Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter had drawn Chet Traylor, a former state Supreme Court justice as a primary challenger, Democrats held hope that Traylor could badly damage ...

The latest independent poll in the Louisiana governor’s race suggests that Republican David Vitter is making some gains on his Democratic rival John Bel Edwards. The JMC Analytics poll on the governor ...

After an eventful quarter-century in politics, former U.S. Sen. David Vitter left public office earlier this year. But that doesn't mean Louisiana's seen the last of him, his family and his network of ...

Vitter, a Republican, said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that he and his wife would weigh his political future and come to a decision sometime in January. Vitter also didn’t hesitate to acknowledge that he ...

The political fallout is still taking shape for Louisiana's Sen. David Vitter, whose use of a Washington, D.C., escort service and a New Orleans brothel was made public this week. Melissa Block talks ...

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., walks near the floor of the Senate during the votes on tax cuts legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Senate Democrats are deciding whether to ...

Republican Sen. David Vitter won't stop bashing Obamacare on the Senate floor this week, and that's annoyed top Democrats Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid. Vitter demanded a vote on his Obamacare ...

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has joined the chorus of elected officials pledging a hard look at the response from Entergy, the state's largest utility, in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. In a letter sent ...

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During the government shutdown last fall, Sen. David Vitter's proposed amendment to remove subsidies from lawmakers' and their staffers' health care was a major point of contention, but ultimately it ...