Republican Violence Against Women Act would make undocumented women more vulnerable to abuse
Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) was once abused herself.
Now, she wants to take protections from undocumented
women. (Official photo)
It was bad enough that Republicans in the House, and many in the Senate, openly opposed the bipartisan reauthorization of th...
Congress drops the ball on job creation … again
If there was a World Series for stupidity, the 112th Congress would win hands-down. At a time when more than 14 million Americans are unemployed and Congress has done absolutely nothing—thanks to lockstep obstructionism by House Republicans—about ...
GOP ‘cleaning up’ environmental laws
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While the nation was distracted with debt ceiling shenanigans, House Republicans did something else that went largely and predictably ignored by much of the news media. They quietly slipped 39 anti-environmental riders, many of...
Open thread for night owls: House committee votes to reinstate global ‘gag’ rule on abortion
At RH Reality Check, Jodi Jacobson writes, House Committee Votes to Reinstate Global Gag Rule and Other Misogynistic Amendments:
A central motto of today's GOP and Tea Parties appears to be: Never let evidence get in the way of efforts to pass a law u...
Supreme Court and Conflicts of Interest: Pressure Builds for More Transparency
There is growing political and legal pressure on the justices to be more open about their decisions to sit, or not sit, on a particular case. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
John Boehner Denies C-SPAN Request for Increased Coverage of House
Filed under: House, Media, CongressThe public affairs network had asked the new House speaker to allow their cameras the freedom to capture wide shots of the chamber and also to catch lawmakers' reactions while their colleagues are debating. Perma...
Tom DeLay, Convicted Felon, Is Right: Austin Is Texas’ Most Liberal City
Filed under: LawAustin has a long, rich progressive history. But The Hammer's complaints about the liberal capital city won't likely help him on appeal in his money-laundering case. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs&n...
‘Repeal of Health Care Reform,’ Act 1, Scene 1
Filed under: Republicans, Humor, Chaos Theory, Congress, Health Care Reform, John BoehnerThe working title was 'A Housework Orange.' Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
How’s That ’2nd Amendment Remedies’ Thing Working Out for Ya?
Filed under: Humor, Guns, Chaos Theory, Arizona ShootingEven Don Draper couldn't clean you up now, Tea Party. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
House Republicans and the Constitution: Opening the Door to New Battles
Filed under: House, Congress, Law, Supreme Court, AnalysisHouse Republicans want every bill to have a statement citing the constitutional authority for its use of congressional power, a move that may give lawmakers even more to argue about. Permal...
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...
