A Long Tradition of Non-oversight
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pmIt’s perfectly natural to want to place all of the blame for the country’s woes on President Bush, given that the “Decider” stumbled from one…
Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 pmLook, even if congressional leaders did express “strong concerns” when first brief about the Bush wiretapping program, so what? What do you guys want, a…
Salty Dogs
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 15th, 2008 at 4:07 pmThe closer we get to the new legislative session, the clearer it becomes that the Senate is going to be the problem house for any…
Higher Ed Groups Ask for Relief for Students
By Pedro de la Torre - Dec 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pmToday, several consumer, higher education, and student groups (including Campus Progress) sent a letter to Congress asking that assistance for students be included in the…
Should Convicted Felons Be Allowed to Serve in Congress?
By Jessica Hillyard - Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:52 amI was baffled when I first learned that Sen. Ted Stevens, the newly defeated seven-term incumbent Senator from Alaska, could continue to serve in the…
John Dingell Needs to Go
By Jamie Henn - Nov 11th, 2008 at 5:00 pmThe fight over the House Energy and Commerce Committee took a new turn today, as news came out that John Dingell (D-MI) has hired K-street…
Jew-Baiting Fails in Tennessee Congressional Primary
By Haley Swenson - Aug 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pmLast night, incumbent Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee walloped primary challenger Nikki Tinker, whose campaign consisted almost entirely of attempts to sway voters from…
What Has the 110th Congress Done for You Lately?
By Saxon Baird - Aug 4th, 2008 at 4:50 pmA short news clip from Parade’s Intelligence Report notes that the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense has determined that our current Congress has put forth…
What the House’s Slavery Apology Means
By Nicholle Manners - Jul 29th, 2008 at 5:40 pmOne hundred and forty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the federal government is ready to apologize for slavery–well, at least half of it is.
This…
Just in Case You Thought Congress Couldn’t Get Any More Ridiculous…
By Emily Rutherford - Jul 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm…Richard Simmons proves otherwise:
Sixty years old and his wild hair thinning, Simmons had spent the morning testifying before the House Education and Labor Committee…
