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Remember when the Bush administration was opposed to tapping the $700 billion Wall Street bailout to help Detroit’s Big Three? Fugetaboutit. The Treasury

A few days ago, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) termed unemployment benefits -- a federal insurance system paid for by employers -- a necessary evil and said that tax

This morning, the House Natural Resources Committee approved wide-ranging drilling reform legislation, which will likely be a major component of a broader House

ThinkProgress does a quick wrap of yesterday’s Code Red protest that leaves out some context. In the morning, there was also a vehicle driving around Capitol

The final round of details on the fiscal 2010 defense budget will be released today, but as Colin Clark of DOD Buzz reports, members of Congress are sick of

Via CNN: House Democratic leaders were forced to put off until Friday a vote on the $789 billion economic stimulus bill after many rank-and-file Democrats who

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At the Florida tea party debate on Monday, GOP presidential candidate and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann criticized policies allowing undocumented

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For a man who read the morning paper during a congressional hearing on the Waxman-Markey climate bill last week, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) sure seems to be

It wasn’t just Republicans leaders who were thrown a curveball today when Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter switched parties to become a Democrat. Rep. Joe Sestak

As first reported by Firedoglake’s Marcy Wheeler, a federal judge has ruled that the Bush administration illegally wiretapped the defunct Islamic charity

Groups of postal service employees will protest the possible downsizing of the U.S. postal service at rallies all over Florida tomorrow. “Save America’s Postal Service” is hosting rallies (.pdf) at the offices of congressional representatives all over the state.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved an anti-abortion-rights bill Thursday night that prohibits state health exchanges created by President Obama’s

Today, the Labor Department announced that weekly initial jobless claims had fallen to a nearly two-year low -- declining 29,000 to 429,000. That is the lowest

I keep mentioning the Swat Valley in Pakistan as the real center of the war on terrorism. The Al Qaeda-aligned Pakistani Taliban of Beitullah Massoud and

An Iowa radio host questioned former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on a rumor that his campaign staff has been digging up dirt on Republican presidential rival U.S

In a rare bipartisan effort, members of the U.S. Senate voted Thursday, before returning to their districts to attend Veterans Day ceremonies, to approve a portion of Obama’s American Jobs Act that provides tax breaks to companies that hire veterans. Tom Harkin “It is deeply disturbing that one in five veterans under the age of 25 is unemployed