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West Virginia Congress Considering Much Needed False Claims Act 0 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1335
Why Surging Support for Marijuana Is Hurting the Republican Party and Will For Years to Come 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1466
Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid 44 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 49 5991
U.S. foreign relations scorecard: Burkina Faso: 2 Canada: 0 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1270
The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue: Let History Speak through the Facts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1451
The United States Has Become a Kleptocracy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1729
How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1258
Budget cuts mean IRS won’t be as helpful this tax season (xpost from Economy) 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1332
Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1179
Debt vote in Senate kept from public view 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1211
Ted Cruz introduces bill to stop Obama, feds from ‘forcing gay marriage on all 50 states’ 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1612
Tea Party gripes: GOP leaders we’re trying to unseat ‘playing hardball’ by fighting back 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2196
Haunted by Racism 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1752
Lawmaker suggests ‘duct tape’ strategy for GOP pols: Shut up until November elections 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1583
Sen. Warren vows to push for minimum wage hike 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1370
U.S. lawmakers reach accord on paying doctors for Medicare 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1311
A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1470
House Speaker John Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1453
Congress Warns DOJ That If It Doesn't Support NSA Reform Plan, It Won't Renew Key Patriot Act Provis 9 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 17 2355
Congress to CIA: Provide US Drone Victim Count 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1251
Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 1756
Senate set to send farm bill to Obama 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1383
Tea Party: Grass roots or head in the clouds? 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1556
House panel opens probe into Navy bribery and fraud scandal 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1158
Senators vow COLA cap repeal; grocery price increases considered 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1663
House passes bill cutting $8 billion from ‘food stamps’ program (xpost from Poverty) 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1381
US Congressmen Prepare for a ‘Global War’? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1311
New 5-year farm bill would cut subsidies while slashing food stamps benefits (xpost frm Poverty) 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1530
Kaine: Put limits on terror war declaration 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1196
Congress cuts U.S. military and development aid for Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1204

Congress Continued...

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Is COLA cap relief now tied to rocket or falling star? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1209
Is Debt Limit The Next Republican Economic Sabotage? 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1332
Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1347
A Congress Of the Wealthy, By the Wealthy, and For the Wealthy 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1357
Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1334
US Already Petrified by the Midterms 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1366
Another case of deregulation by starvation: the IRS 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1352
Congress Blocks Plan to Transfer Drone Control From CIA to Pentagon 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1422
Lawmakers move to restore Voting Rights Act 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1308
Kaine wants more say for Congress in War Powers Act 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1222
Colorado counties face money issues with federal-land payment cut 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1179
Lamborn questions use of Air Force Academy informants 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1195
White House supports Senator Rand Paul’s bill to officially end U.S. Iraq war authority 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1408
New Congressional Sanctions on Iran Will Backfire . . . on Congress 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1283
Senator Leahy Tries To Sneak Through Plans To Make Merely Talking About Computer Hacking A Serious C 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1414
Senators propose giving Obama ‘fast-track authority’ for trade deals 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1425
Study: Polarization and Gridlock Work Well for the Wealthiest Americans 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1292
Please email Rand Paul 0 oldandhappy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1311
Ted Rall Cartoon for December 31, 2013: Voted to Screw the Unemployed Before Talking About Not Votin 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1616
Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year end 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1643
(Ted Rall) Cartoon for December 30, 2013: Studied the Constitution. Didn’t Like It. 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 1685
Republicans: Cynical Paralysis 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1359
Congress skeptical of new Pentagon spy agency 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1326
Senators fight cuts to veteran benefits ahead of key budget test vote 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1831
Social Justice Groups Demand Congress Slash Military Budget, Spend Money on People, Peace, Planet 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1455
Orwell for Congress! (Never mind, he's already there...) 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Dec 2013 1 1715
113th Congress, going down in history for its inaction, has a critical December to-do list 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2041
'High' hypocrisy on Capitol Hill: Congressional leaders ignore calls for Radel's resignation 15 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Dec 2013 20 3913
Defense bill stalls over Democratic, GOP divide 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1438
Florida Republican Radel benefits from D.C.'s saner drug-crime stance 0 rlegro Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1246

Congress Continued...

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Senate’s defense bill would allow Guantanamo Bay to finally close 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1234
ENDA: Jesus Must Be SO EMBARRASSED! 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1996
Is there a list of these 30 to 40 Republican Teabag Congressmen who shut down the U.S. Government? 9 BeatleBoot Oct 2013 Nov 2013 0 3344
The Republicans are planning a putsch 4 pscot Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 1942
At hearing on security clearances, senators learn that police records can go unchecked 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1486
Should there be a sanity test for Congress critters? 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1247
Warren, Sanders Ready to Face Down Obama over Social Security, Medicare Cuts 48 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 39 8009
Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1425
Time For Congress To Rebalance On Asia-Pacific: Reps. Forbes & Hanabusa 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1282
Tea Party Hits Record Level Of Unpopularity In Public Opinion Poll 20 obama2terms Jan 2013 Oct 2013 60 5679
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 Stonepounder Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2092
ESCAPE HATCH: Dems could join with GOP realists to end crises 1 warrenswil Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1525
What we are Witnessing with the shut down is 6 BillyRibs Oct 2013 Oct 2013 9 2253
John Boehner is Under Federal Investigation for Campaign Finance Violations 3 TRoN33 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1936
Call republicans in the House & tell them: tax the rich! 9 grannie4peace Nov 2012 Sep 2013 3 2747
Paul Ryan Tells Poor People to Blame President Obama 6 TRoN33 Jul 2013 Sep 2013 1 4319
Excuse me while I rant. and I mean rant. Thirty-Thousand.org, 13 BillyRibs May 2013 Jul 2013 16 5479
Why The House is so Deaf to us all. 7 BillyRibs Jun 2013 Jul 2013 2 2260
In a Reversal, Senate Intelligence Panel to Release Vote Tallies 2 appleannie1 Mar 2013 Jun 2013 3 1773
Sorry but I missed a lot of news today. Can anyone tell me if 4 Marie Marie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2104
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