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White House declines to support encryption legislation - sources 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1188
Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1199
Valeant Share Plunge After CEO Subpoenaed by Congress 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1262
Civil contempt charges for Backpage in Senate's child prostitution probe 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1826
Obamacare beats sign-up expectations but GOP Congress wants to repeal 1 Nasty Jack Jan 2016 Mar 2016 1 2228
'Someone is going to die': experts warn lawmakers over self-driving cars 12 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3097
Senate blocks bill that would override state GMO labeling laws 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1416
Senators close to finishing encryption penalties legislation: sources 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1759
Senate Committee Votes to Approve New Education Secretary 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1336
Senator Shelby starts to break banking nominee logjam 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1944
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 2604
Paul Ryan Math Challenged Hero - Save Our Nation... 2 Yallow Oct 2015 Jan 2016 0 1726
You, Too, Can Buy a Congressman! 1 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Dec 2015 1 1426
Democrats Could Use Corporate Scumbag Protection Bill To Take Back Congress 1 Yallow Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1879
Smith: Gerrymandering cripples Congress 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Nov 2015 4 1702
Hastert pleads guilty in hush money case 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1182
Senators vexed that companies could share data 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 1376
Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1389
'Infrastructure? Who Cares,' Says GOP-Led House as it Slashes Amtrak Budget 1 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Oct 2015 1 1943
Congress agrees on defense plan that would raise Navy pay, fund projects in Hampton Roads 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1704
Jane Goodall Interview: 'Even Chimps Understand Sustainability' 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1474
GOP leaders work to defuse Planned Parenthood showdown as clock ticks 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1660
Krauthammer calls for elimination of filibuster...need proof of hypocrisy 3 concreteblue Feb 2015 Aug 2015 0 2338
New Senate Bill To Let Marijuana Dispensaries Finally Access Banks 2 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 2140
Thank you, Senator Durbin for exposing University of Phoenix 4 Fritz Walter Jul 2015 Jul 2015 19 2581
Groundbreaking Legislation Would Abolish Federal Sentences for Drug Crimes (pot) 4 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 17 1808
Tom Cotton’s ‘Chickenhawk’ Taunt at Iran FM Demeans Jeb Bush, GOP Field 2 unhappycamper May 2015 May 2015 7 2129
U.S. Rep. Polis: New bills to legalize, tax marijuana at federal level 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1524
Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Su 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1443
Obama Asks Congress to Authorize Another Endless War 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1574

Congress Continued...

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After lobbying push, drugmaker resubmits women's sex pill 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1755
This is what corporatocracy looks like!: Trading US Democracy for Corporate Profits with TPP 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1932
Congress May Expand Veteran Access to Cannabis for PTSD 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1713
What would Confucius say about lack of trust in US government? 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1474
Think Tank Panel Tells House U.S. Military Faces More Challenges, Suggests Pentagon Spending Reforms 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1552
Keystone of Corruption: The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1413
Three Minutes to Midnight: Can We Turn the Clock Back in Time? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1538
McCain seeks to open U.S. domestic routes to foreign ships 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1634
Five Reasons Congress Should Oppose the TPP 3 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1770
Stop The Paul-Boxer Tax Holiday; It May Already Be A Job-Killer 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1811
Attn. Tea Party: ‘How Immigrants (yes, Muslims and Latinos) can save Detroit & other Cities’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1370
GOP Pres. Candidates warn Iran Nukes can hit NYC (despite No Nukes, ICBMs) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1521
'Low-life Scum' vs. 'Great American Villian' as Citizens Arrest Targets Kissinger 2 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2559
House Resolution 758 - War With Russia 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 2047
What's the Current GOP manufactured debt Crisis? Social Security Reform 0 M Kitt Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1379
The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1502
Lawmakers: Carrier fleet should be exempt from cuts 1 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1655
Refinery Lobbyist Invokes WW2-Era Quote, Calls Businesses That Donate to Environmentalists ‘Appeaser 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1642
Blackwater Lobbyist Will Manage the House Intelligence Committee 19 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 5235
David Brooks’ latest trick: Exposing the sleight of hand in his defense of the Kochs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Dec 2014 7 1622
“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 1618
Lack of Leadership by Washington and Moscow Undermines Treaties and Norms 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1626
Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying 7 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2989
The United States' Middle East policy is in shambles 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1635
Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’ 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1773
Big Pharma Lobbies Hard to End India's Distribution of Affordable Generic Drugs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1893
An Appeal From Okinawa to the US Congress 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1512
Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill? 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1701
Why Everyone is Lobbying on the F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1969
The American Voter: Dumb as Dogshit, Nearly as Inert 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1785

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The progressives are coming!: Why the latest attempt to “save” Democrats from populism is so patheti 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1456
America’s flip-flop foreign policy: Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton and the new millennial voter 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1423
Republican senators seek to block funds to combat Ebola 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1844
Louie Gohmert: Obama thought ISIS beheading victim would die from climate change first 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1726
On the Ropes in Kansas, Roberts Goes Full Anti-Obama 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1994
Is There a Doctor in the House? 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1315
GOP’s full-blown panic: Why they’re pushing national security again 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1609
The Precise Percentage of Republicans Who Are Certifiable Assholes 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 1630
Potomac Fever: Washington's Insane Clown Posse Rides Again 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1518
So the US Is Single-Handedly at War Again 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1534
Anti-Science Congress cut $600 mn. from Agency Leading Ebola Response 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1532
The Neoconservatives and the Islamic State 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1569
Rep. Louie Gohmert’s Ebola Theory Is Dumber Than He Is 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1609
Seditious Republicans Spend Paid Vacation Instigating Rebellion Among Military Generals 37 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Oct 2014 56 13316
GOP House guts White House’s request for funds to fight and contain Ebola 6 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Oct 2014 7 2568
$22 Billion to Fight ISIL in same Year Congress cut $8.7 bn in Food Stamps 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1751
Time to Mobilize the Washington War Hawks to Fight ISIS Terrorists 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1534
Pro-Sullivan group gets $500,000 for U.S. Senate race from NFL owner 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1630
Paul Ryan Admits That The GOP Plans To Win The Senate and Take Healthcare Away From Millions 3 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1895
U.S. reps call for better VA access 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1589
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