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Phil Berg, who by my lights is the original birther attorney -- he filed a lawsuit challenging then-candidate Barack Obama’s citizenship in August 2008 -- has

Notwithstanding analyses of the remaining ballots in the NY-23 special election, which suggest that Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) will solidify his win, defeated

As noted, Defense Secretary Bob Gates told reporters on Friday that President Obama’s combat-troop withdrawal plan had the support of Gens. David Petraeus and

One day after longtime Democratic Rep. David Obey made his surprise retirement announcement, the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting

As the Senate debate over a government-run health insurance option evolves, so do senators’ stances on the issue. That’s why we’re rolling out an exciting new

Primary among the proposals in the Republicans’ Pledge to America is the promise to cut spending, slash taxes and shrink the government to restore the United

The office of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has sent around a document preemptively attacking a new stimulus bill. This objection is perfectly in line with

The Wall Street Journal reports that White House Counsel Greg Craig’s job is in trouble. Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina tells the paper’s Evan Perez that

Long before the financial crisis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were synonymous with moral hazard in the minds and classrooms of most economists. Everyone

While we’re on the topic of that $80 billion deal struck between Democratic leaders and the nation’s drug makers, it’s worth clarifying how it came to be. Many

The group that is coordinating an effort to repeal Michigan’s Emergency Manager law has launched an online documentary titled Dictators Over Communities of Color: Coming to a Town Near You .

It’s the first rule of congressional lawmaking: Never miss an opportunity to grab everything you can for your constituents, even if it comes at the expense of

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is scheduled to hold a press conference today to decry the Democrats’ stimulus package and the trillions of

With today’s headlines screaming (perfectly legitimately) about last night’s health reform votes, it’s easy to forget that House lawmakers also passed the most

Eric Kleefeld has the goods on Michael Steele’s really absurd fib that he wrote this book before he took over the RNC on January 29, 2009. On Tuesday, I noted

If you guessed that this took place in Los Angeles, you’re right: more precisely, in Van Nuys, a district north of Hollywood.   And if you

The trouble facing Democrats hoping to use repaid bailout money to fund other things is this: The Troubled Asset Relief Program stipulates that all such funds

But it’s important that they realize that they don’t have to be friends with the guys they replace the Democrats with, said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reforms. They get them to run on their issues. That’s how you avoid third party movements.

Deficits give Republicans the political cover to cut social programs they always hated anyway.