Senate and House Working on Resolving Differences in NDAA
The fox has been put in charge of guarding the hen house. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) — author of the Enemy Expatriation Act — is...
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Paul, Kucinich Demand Holder Provide Legal Justification for Drone Deaths
Representatives Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich have proposed a resolution demanding the Obama administration turn over documents providing legal justification for the thousands...
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Fiscal Cliff Talks Continue
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner sat down on Sunday, December 9, for the first time in 23 days to discuss the...
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Eliminate the Debt Ceiling Altogether, Says Senior Fellow at Brookings
Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, thinks that the debt ceiling is an "anachronism" and ought to be repealed altogether....
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Boehner Says Rich Will Pay More in Taxes
The debate between congressional Republicans and Democrats over how to address the impending fiscal cliff remains heated, but Republicans are beginning to make...
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Fiscal Cliff: Ron Paul Decries Bipartisan Efforts; Predicts Compromise
Texas Republican Representative Ron Paul has, based on his decades of experience watching Washington negotiate and dither, predicted a last-minute compromise that will...
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Senate GOP Kills Controversial UN Disability Treaty
Responding to a tsunami of organized opposition against a highly controversial United Nations disability treaty known as the “UN Convention on the Rights...
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The National Debt: What Really Needs to Be Done
Most political talk is now focused on the “fiscal cliff,” but usually the talk avoids probing the depth of the problem. And the...
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Senate to Vote on UN Treaty, GOP and Critics Slam Threat to U.S.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on the ratification of a deeply controversial United Nations treaty on disabled people, dubbed the UN...
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Senate Votes Against Transfer of Gitmo Detainees
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted against the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees, despite veto threats from the White House. The measure was...
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Senator Tom Harkin Tries to Revive His High-frequency Trading Tax Bill
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) continues to pump his bill to impose transaction fees on high-frequency trading, saying that they would raise a lot...
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Feinstein-Lee NDAA Amendment Passes, But Is It Enough?
On November 29, the Senate passed the Feinstein-Lee Amendment to the 2013 NDAA, purporting to protect the right to trial of those detained...
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Obama “Compromise”: More Spending, Higher Taxes, Unlimited Debt
President Obama has hardened his views on “fiscal cliff” negotiations with congressional Republicans, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner telling a closed-door session of...
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House Resolution Seeks Answers on Drone Use
Texas Republican Ron Paul, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich, and New Jersey Democrat Rush Holt are continuing the fight in the House of Representatives...
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Sen. Paul: Nation to Get “Big, Ugly” Debt Bag for Christmas
In what might loosely be described as the "spirit of the season," the Congress of the United States will likely put together a...
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