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Rep. Boehner Feels the Heat After Lying About Stimulus Jobs »
Posted by: metavirus 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
When U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner told a newscaster Sunday that not a single stimulus-funded road contract in his home state of Ohio ...
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Congress Funds Study on How To Avoid Constituents »
Posted by: gunnyreef 3 weeks, 3 days ago in News
This Friday, the tax payer funded Congressional Management Foundation is hosting a briefing for Members of Congress and their staff on their new study: Online ...
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Cutting Taxes = Increasing Revenue »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 8 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Around 150 BC, Emperor Ching Ti came to power in China and immediately faced a major problem: his treasury was empty.
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National Bankruptcy Day is Near »
Posted by: LibertyKnight 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, or HR 4040, a retroactive rule mandating that all items sold for use by children ...
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Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis »
Posted by: sodakfritz 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning. How did so many financial institutions crumble ...
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Voters To Congress: What's Wrong With Single-Payer Health Care? »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Give voters a voice in the debate over health care reform and they ask about the one thing most lawmakers decided from the start would ...
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The real pay scandal - Washington Times »
Posted by: gunnyreef 1 month ago in News
Could it be that one reason Congress has performed so poorly is because, for 100 years, its members' compensation has been totally unrelated to their ...
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SNL Takes On Republicans In Congress Over Joe Wilson Outburst (VIDEO) »
Posted by: jovial 2 months, 1 week ago in Humor
"Saturday Night Live" premiered its new spin-off show last night, a half hour version of Weekend Update that joins NBC's Thursday comedy block. They ...
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The American Conservative -- Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds? »
Posted by: jovial 2 months ago in Political News
Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11 ...
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Negotiators agree on $790B price for stimulus bill »
Posted by: STONERS 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Negotiators for Congress and the White House have tentatively settled on a $790 billion price tag on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill and ...
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Capitol in Dispute Over God »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months, 1 week ago in Religion
Under the category You Can't Make Everybody Happy comes this bulletin: the brand new $621 million Capitol Visitor Center entrance, designed to make the ...
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Bush blames Congress for not acting on gas prices »
Posted by: not2needy 1 year, 3 months ago in News
The president again pinned the prospect of oil drilling off the coastline — considered a long-term energy solution — to today's high gas prices ...
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The can't-do Blue Dogs »
Posted by: scott4261 4 months ago in Political Opinion
Watching the centrist Democrats in Congress create more and more reasons why health care can't be fixed, I've been struck by a disquieting ...
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Panetta Orders Probe of Secret Spy Program »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
CIA Director Leon Panetta has ordered an internal inquiry into the agency's handling of a contentious and still highly classified intelligence program that has ...
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Mr. Obama's Prescriptions »
Posted by: luvuobama2 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
"THE TIME for bickering is over," President Obama declared Wednesday night. Perhaps that will work better on members of Congress than it does in some ...
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