Congressional Calendar Cluttered with Key Votes, Short Deadlines
On Tuesday, lawmakers returned to Washington where they will grapple with tight deadlines on a number of key votes, which include the Iran...
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Keeping Politicians Accountable
VIDEO - The New American magazine's Steve Byas focuses on voting. He discusses how...
Obama Threatens Veto of Bill to Rein in Regulatory Regime
Congress has created a monster that is growing more dangerous to the U.S. economy,...
Senate Fails to Pass Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood
During a procedural vote on Monday evening, Senate Republicans failed to pass legislation that would...
Lawmakers Vote to Let Obama Take Your Passport Without Trial
In a radical attack on the due-process rights of Americans that received virtually no...
FBI Director: Government Must Have Access to Your Encrypted Data
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director James Comey said the government...
New “Freedom Index” Rates Every Congressman Based on Constitution
Our first "Freedom Index" for 2015 rates how every member of the U.S. House...
Democrats Move to Strike “Husband” and “Wife” From Federal Law
In the wake of the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision, congressional Democrats have introduced legislation...
New Bill Would Make Social Media Sites Flag Posts From “Terrorists”
The 2016 Intelligence Authorization Act requires social media companies to flag posts from potential...
House Votes to Revive No Child Left Behind
The House voted Wednesday to revive the long-expired but still funded No Child Left...
Conservatives Smack Down Team Obama-Boehner Over Retribution
Boehner’s rampage against House members who defied him on ObamaTrade vote has begun to...
Bucking Boehner: Conservatives “Fed Up” With ObamaTrade Retribution
Representative Ken Buck (R-Colo.) is the latest target among House Republicans who dared to...
Cruz Flips Against TPA/ Fast Track; Sessions Hammers ObamaTrade
Senator Ted Cruz’s vote switch didn’t stop cloture, but Senator Jeff Sessions’ relentless exposure...
Last Chance to Stop Fast Track: Sen. Sessions Blasts Ugly Facts
Is it stupidity or cupidity, if senators still vote for TPA, in view of...
House GOP Leadership Proposes Alternative to ObamaCare Subsidies
House Republican leadership has reportedly proposed an alternative to ObamaCare subsidies should the Supreme...
Will Team Obama-Boehner-McConnell Get TPA Through Congress?
The GOP congressional leadership is working hard to give President Obama what Senate Majority...
Congressman Mike Rogers Introduces Bill to Get U.S. Out of UN
Citing wasted tax dollars and attacks on the constitutionally guaranteed liberties of the American...
Obama Will Help Congressmen’s Campaigns for Yes Votes on Fast-Track
President Obama has promised to campaign for congressmen who vote yes on the TPA...
Corporations Bribe Senators to Vote for TPP Fast-Track
Corporations that will benefit from passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) bribed senators to...
Leaked TPP Healthcare Text: Another Reason to Scuttle Secret Treaty
Latest WikiLeaks release of secret TPP texts confirms critics’ charges of Big Pharma “crony...