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Obviously Boehner is frustrated that he has been outplayed and out-maneuvered at every turn by the President, and lacking the wherewithal to take on the President himself, he marshaled support and conspired with a foreigner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to "defy and humiliate President Obama."
Rand Paul says he wants Congress to read bills before they vote, relying on them to tell us truthfully if they actually read them.
Enter Wolf PAC. A grassroots effort spawned by the enormously popular Young Turk Network, Wolf's mission is boldly simple. Per the group's website, "We must reverse Citizens United, Restore our Democracy, and Save the Republic."
Republicans are beginning the 114th Congress with the mindset that "nothing is going to get in the way of our team's focus on the Koch brothers' priorities" in quickly passing two bills the Koch brothers demand be acted on.
Similar to overpaid NFL "star" Jay Cutler's reign of terror as the starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears, the best thing we can say about the 113th session of Congress is that it's over.
Whatever the reason, the so-called compromise appropriations bill is an affront to the American people, and revealed that many Democrats are what Howard Dean labeled "Republican-lite."
This will be my last mid-term general election contribution. At least in my state of South Carolina, it ain't pretty.
On Wednesday morning, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) issued a threat to the country by saying a government shutdown will occur if President Obama follows through on his plans to issue executive orders addressing immigration.
On Wednesday morning, I was able to speak with Tim Sheridan. Sheridan is a Democratic candidate for Congress who is looking to take out Rep. Ken Calvert in California's 42nd District.
This is the nineteenth edition of a research project at PoliticusUSA known as Taking Back the House.The purpose of this project is to analyze each Republican Congressional district in the United States and see how likely the district can go 'Blue.'
Ted Cruz (R-TX) to boasted to a tea party gathering in Texas that he was a major force in killing the compromise gun safety measure in the Senate, but Cruz's funereal celebration may be premature.
The current outrage from gun-fanatics that President Obama is sending federal forces to confiscate their precious firearms is a microcosm of the past four years of teabagger claims.
The actions of Congress during the last couple of weeks make it abundantly clear that our political system is broken. Here are 8 changes worth fighting for.
Republicans are on pace, and appear pleased, to hold the distinction as the most unproductive Congress since the 1940s, and it looks as if that was their intention all along.