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Congrats, Congress. Heckuva Job. We Slow Clap You.
Let us pause a moment to admire the collective wisdom of the intertubes, which has come up with the pitch-perfect reaction to the debt-limit compromise. A...
Robert Kraft on Congress
–New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft commenting on the resolution of the NFL lockout
Obama on Congress
–President Obama explaining to the National Council of La Raza how he feels about trying to work with Congress.
Calling All Kringles: The Annual Santa Claus Congress Kicks Off in Denmark
Every year since 1957, Santa Clauses from around the world have descended on an amusement park north of Copenhagen for an annual congress. There they spread good...
Ron Paul Leaving Congress
Ron Paul announced on Tuesday that he won’t seek re-election to Congress while he runs (again) for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Hey wait: Ron...
What Congress Can Cut: Anatomy of a Grand Bargain
For all the melodrama in weeks of Washington’s deficit reduction talks – Republicans walking away from the table, President Obama calling them on the carpet,...
On Libya, a Split in Congress Means an Obama Win
The Obama administration continues its effort to outmaneuver Congress on the ongoing mission in Libya this week. On Tuesday afternoon the Senate will hold a...
White House, Congress on Collision Course over Detainees
President Obama and Congress are on a collision course as the White House rejects congressional efforts to tinker with how the administration detains and...
Want Congress to Stop the War in Libya? Don't Hold Your Breath
This week the House is likely to pass an amendment to a Pentagon spending bill that would cut off funds for the war in Libya. The vote reflects the momentum...
War Powers Debate is Much Ado about Congress
The debate about whether President Obama's war in Libya threatens to violate the 1973 War Powers Resolution is interesting because it exposes a bit of potential...
Aye, Aye: Heeding Congress, Navy Reverses Course
The Navy has always prided itself on command at sea, where a captain's word is law and there is no court of appeals. But the admiralty has often found that this...
Study: Congress Members Simply Taunting Each Other 27% of the Time
Science can surprise us, challenging deeply held beliefs and pushing us toward more enlightened frontiers. Science can also just reaffirm our deeply held...
Dennis Kucinich, Self-Described 'Courageous Congressman,' Sues Congress
From fighting for the people, to fighting an olive pit. He burst onto the national scene as the outspoken progressive in the 2004 presidential election. Over...
Clean Credits, Dirty Subsidies And a Key Choice For Congress
President Obama and Hill Republicans may have a deal on the expiring Bush tax cuts, but they haven't done anything about two expiring tax credits for renewable...
Clean Credits, Dirty Subsidies, Congress' Choice
President Obama and Hill Republicans may have a deal on the expiring Bush tax cuts, but they haven't done anything about two expiring tax credits for renewable...
Status Quo Congress
Democrats charged onto Capitol Hill a year ago ready to change the world, or at least America, only to run into President Bush's veto pen and the Republican...
Congress's Bad Drug Habit.
It's called the 100-to-1 ratio. Back in the '80s--when cocaine was considered yuppie nose candy and its downscale sibling, crack, was blamed for all inner-city...
Rhetoric and Boobytraps: How Congress Debates a War
The debates in both the House and Senate this week over Iraq policy were in many ways simply political grandstanding. In the Senate, while Democrats were...
