Congress drops the ball on job creation … again
GOP ‘cleaning up’ environmental laws
Open thread for night owls: House committee votes to reinstate global ‘gag’ rule on abortion
Supreme Court and Conflicts of Interest: Pressure Builds for More Transparency
John Boehner Denies C-SPAN Request for Increased Coverage of House
Tom DeLay, Convicted Felon, Is Right: Austin Is Texas’ Most Liberal City
‘Repeal of Health Care Reform,’ Act 1, Scene 1
How’s That ’2nd Amendment Remedies’ Thing Working Out for Ya?
House Republicans and the Constitution: Opening the Door to New Battles
House passes stand alone ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal
Hallelujah! The House of Representatives has just passed H.R. 6520, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010," by a vote of 250-175.
And now it's on to the Senate where, thanks to a neat little trick that had Republicans -- who mostly complained about procedure rather than trumpeting their bigotry during...
House to vote on repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ today
Is there finally a light at the end of the tunnel?
Yesterday, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) introduced a stand alone bill to repeal the military's discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying:
The time to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has come. Already, two dozen other nations, including Israel and...
2012: An early target list for the House
There are few things one can take solace in when you're on the losing end of a wave election. One of the few items of comfort is in knowing that wave elections tend to create golden opportunities for the next time around.
The rationale for this is rather simple to understand. Wave elections tend...
