America held hostage … by incompetents
Congressman Pete Sessions, TX and Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick accept the oath of office surrounded by 500 Fitzpatrick supporters in the Capitol Vistors Center. Swearing in ceremony of Congressman Mike...
View ArticleSunday clicks: sexy freshmen! Plus, Trent Humphries; tea party victim of the...
Ladies and gentlemen: your right wing victim of the week! According to Gawker’s poll, Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger is sexier than Marco Rubio and Frederica Wilson COMBINED. Say it isn’t so,...
View ArticleTuesday clicks: are you there, Issa? It’s me, history; Palin can’t stop...
Chinese President Hu Jintao heads to Washington bearing gifts … and Barack Obama: deregulator in chief??? Here’s what else is out there this morning: So… Darrell Issa is going to apply his ideological...
View ArticleIsn’t this a lovely day to pretend to repeal healthcare reform?
So … House Republicans will hold have held their big “repeal the job-killingcrushing bruising healthcare law” vote today. (Spoiler alert: it passed!) And how HOW doin? For starters, when you’ve got to...
View ArticleFlorida to D.C.: More trouble for David Rivera
The hits just keep coming for the newly elected Congressman from Miami. From the Associated Press: Freshman U.S. Rep. David Rivera, who is facing a state criminal investigation of his finances, paid...
View ArticleHouse passes John Boehner’s teenie-weenie budget cuts
John Boehner: big gavel ... small influence? They may not be as big as Boehner’s gavel, but the Boeherbama budget cuts have passed the House. Today was not a happy day for John Boehner. Not a happy day...
View ArticleChaos in the House: Cantor tells freshman to quit whining, Boehner’s plan...
House majority whip Eric Cantor and House speaker John Boehner. Eric Cantor, the hedge fund managers’ man in Washington (and he’s surely hearing from them right about now), told House Republicans in a...
View Article**UPDATE: Hell no you can’t! Boehner bill dies quick death in the Senate
Tough crowd: John Boehner's speakership faces it's biggest test, over whether he can find Republican votes to raise the debt ceiling. John Boehner, foiled again. UPDATE 2: Boehner’s bill barely passed,...
View ArticleDefining victory in the debt ceiling showdown
Senate Leader Harry Reid, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner What would a “win” look like for each of the parties in the debt ceiling debate? President Obama: For the president, a...
View ArticleExtending the payroll tax cut is so simple … why doesn’t the GOP get it?
House majority whip Eric Cantor and House speaker John Boehner. Why is this so complicated? Republicans are still tying themselves in knots trying to figure out a reason not to extend the Obama payroll...
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