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Court Rejects Bid to Throw out Florida Congressional Map 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1380
Puerto Rico rescue falters under attack by conservatives, investors 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1364
House Republicans push 'nightmare' abortion bill based on racial stereotypes 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1423
An open letter to the Republican Party 0 Viva_Daddy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 1247
Long-stalled email privacy bill advances in Congress 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1296
House Republicans' Puerto Rico plan could hurt 'working people': Pelosi 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1259
Paul Ryan Is Not Running for President - or Passing a Budget 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1296
Congress sends Obama bill incentivizing Zika drug development 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1397
Puerto Rico rescue debate postponed in U.S. Congress 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1125
Senate committee to take up bill on CFTC 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1277
U.S. hands over 1,100 pages of Benghazi records: House panel chairman 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1400
Justice Dept releases documents on 'Fast and Furious' gun trafficking operation 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1315
Shrinking seats: Senate beats back effort to regulate airline seat size 3 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1496
U.S. senators vote to bolster travel security in FAA bill 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1146
Dumb and Dumber: The US Public and Congress 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Apr 2016 1 1672
Republicans offer bill to block potential Iran dollar use 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1338
White House declines to support encryption legislation - sources 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1220
Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1218
Valeant Share Plunge After CEO Subpoenaed by Congress 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1284
Civil contempt charges for Backpage in Senate's child prostitution probe 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1851
Obamacare beats sign-up expectations but GOP Congress wants to repeal 1 Nasty Jack Jan 2016 Mar 2016 1 2273
'Someone is going to die': experts warn lawmakers over self-driving cars 12 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3258
Senate blocks bill that would override state GMO labeling laws 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1438
Senators close to finishing encryption penalties legislation: sources 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1802
Senate Committee Votes to Approve New Education Secretary 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1373
Senator Shelby starts to break banking nominee logjam 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1981
Of course the GOP House doesn't want to do its job in the last eleven months of a Presidency. 2 Conch Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2721
Paul Ryan Math Challenged Hero - Save Our Nation... 2 Yallow Oct 2015 Jan 2016 0 1769
You, Too, Can Buy a Congressman! 1 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Dec 2015 1 1451
Democrats Could Use Corporate Scumbag Protection Bill To Take Back Congress 1 Yallow Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1919

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Smith: Gerrymandering cripples Congress 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Nov 2015 4 1730
Hastert pleads guilty in hush money case 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1204
Senators vexed that companies could share data 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 1401
Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1413
'Infrastructure? Who Cares,' Says GOP-Led House as it Slashes Amtrak Budget 1 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Oct 2015 1 1986
Congress agrees on defense plan that would raise Navy pay, fund projects in Hampton Roads 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1726
Jane Goodall Interview: 'Even Chimps Understand Sustainability' 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1496
GOP leaders work to defuse Planned Parenthood showdown as clock ticks 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1694
Krauthammer calls for elimination of filibuster...need proof of hypocrisy 3 concreteblue Feb 2015 Aug 2015 0 2410
New Senate Bill To Let Marijuana Dispensaries Finally Access Banks 2 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 2176
Thank you, Senator Durbin for exposing University of Phoenix 4 Fritz Walter Jul 2015 Jul 2015 19 2661
Groundbreaking Legislation Would Abolish Federal Sentences for Drug Crimes (pot) 4 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 17 1869
Tom Cotton’s ‘Chickenhawk’ Taunt at Iran FM Demeans Jeb Bush, GOP Field 2 unhappycamper May 2015 May 2015 7 2168
U.S. Rep. Polis: New bills to legalize, tax marijuana at federal level 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1551
Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Su 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1466
Obama Asks Congress to Authorize Another Endless War 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1597
After lobbying push, drugmaker resubmits women's sex pill 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1786
This is what corporatocracy looks like!: Trading US Democracy for Corporate Profits with TPP 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1964
Congress May Expand Veteran Access to Cannabis for PTSD 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1747
What would Confucius say about lack of trust in US government? 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1493
Think Tank Panel Tells House U.S. Military Faces More Challenges, Suggests Pentagon Spending Reforms 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1570
Keystone of Corruption: The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1432
Three Minutes to Midnight: Can We Turn the Clock Back in Time? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1570
McCain seeks to open U.S. domestic routes to foreign ships 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1659
Five Reasons Congress Should Oppose the TPP 3 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1825
Stop The Paul-Boxer Tax Holiday; It May Already Be A Job-Killer 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1843
Attn. Tea Party: ‘How Immigrants (yes, Muslims and Latinos) can save Detroit & other Cities’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1396
GOP Pres. Candidates warn Iran Nukes can hit NYC (despite No Nukes, ICBMs) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1542
'Low-life Scum' vs. 'Great American Villian' as Citizens Arrest Targets Kissinger 2 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2614
House Resolution 758 - War With Russia 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 2076

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
What's the Current GOP manufactured debt Crisis? Social Security Reform 0 M Kitt Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1403
The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1524
Lawmakers: Carrier fleet should be exempt from cuts 1 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1682
Refinery Lobbyist Invokes WW2-Era Quote, Calls Businesses That Donate to Environmentalists ‘Appeaser 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1670
Blackwater Lobbyist Will Manage the House Intelligence Committee 19 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 5491
David Brooks’ latest trick: Exposing the sleight of hand in his defense of the Kochs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Dec 2014 7 1643
“Don’t Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class” – Jes 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1653
Lack of Leadership by Washington and Moscow Undermines Treaties and Norms 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1645
Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying 7 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 3086
The United States' Middle East policy is in shambles 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1658
Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’ 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1818
Big Pharma Lobbies Hard to End India's Distribution of Affordable Generic Drugs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1928
An Appeal From Okinawa to the US Congress 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1535
Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill? 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1747
Why Everyone is Lobbying on the F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1987
The American Voter: Dumb as Dogshit, Nearly as Inert 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1823
The progressives are coming!: Why the latest attempt to “save” Democrats from populism is so patheti 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1475
America’s flip-flop foreign policy: Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton and the new millennial voter 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1449
Republican senators seek to block funds to combat Ebola 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1873
Louie Gohmert: Obama thought ISIS beheading victim would die from climate change first 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1772
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