Leahy Is Right: Vermont Is Different
At a Newseum event in Washington on January 12, someone asked Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy, “In the wake of [the mass shooting...
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Senator Reid Flip-Flops on Debt Ceiling
The contentious debate over raising the debt ceiling continues to heat up as prominent politicians weigh in on the issue. The latest assertion...
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Dems Propose Banning “Threatening Symbols and Language”
It was only a matter of time before Saturday's shooting in Arizona prompted calls for gun regulations. Unfortunately, the calls go far beyond...
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Will Arizona Shooting Impact Healthcare Repeal in House?
Today's scheduled healthcare repeal vote was postponed in the House of Representatives immediately following Saturday's shootings that killed six and left Congresswoman Gabrielle...
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Illinois Lawmakers Pass 66 Percent Income Tax Increase
Illinois lawmakers approved a 66 percent increase in the state income tax in the early morning hours of January 12, part of a...
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Rep. Clyburn Miffed That TSA Treats Congressmen “Like Everybody Else”
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” Rep. James Clyburn (left, D-S.C.) told Fox...
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Jon Stewart: Americas Leading Journalist?
The question sounds like a joke, made up by one of the talented writers for Comedy Central’s Daily Show itself: Is the Daily...
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The Instant Liberal Frenzy to Ignore the U.S. Constitution
The public reading of the Constitution on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives has quickly drawn a rising tide of outrage...
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Massachusetts State Legislature Takes Pay Cut
Thirteen years ago Massachusetts enacted a constitutional provision which required an adjustment in the pay of state legislators and other elected state officials...
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Union Head Richard Trumka Sees AFL-CIO as Socialist Vehicle
In an Internet video piece dated September 27, 2010 which recently made the rounds of conservative media, AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka explains his...
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Starving ObamaCare
When the new House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (left, R-Wis.) announced that his budget committee would produce budgets for the agencies of the...
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The Shameful Manipulation of Murder: Gun Control and Tyranny
On Saturday in Tucson, Arizona 22-year-old Jared Loughner opened fire outside a Safeway grocery store and killed six people and injured at least...
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GOP Selects Less Aggressive Immigration Chair
Though the GOP was predicted to give the position of the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and other...
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Intent of the Founders: Is it Relevant Today?
From Ninthers, and Tenthers to the Second Amendment Foundation, it seems there’s an advocacy group for every amendment in the Bill of Rights....
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City Hearings on Blizzardgate Get No Response from NY State Government
In response to evidence that rank-and-file members and supervisors within the New York City Department of Sanitation intentionally refused to carry out their...
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