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Capitol Hill Twitter Fight Has Been Resolved In One Chamber

By L. Russell Allen - Sep 24th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Last July I posted about a feud between Representatives John Culberson (R-TX) and Michael Capuano (D-MA) over the former’s use of Twitter. Using third-party websites…

Protest for the Powerful

By Nicholle Manners - Aug 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

On Friday, the House of Representatives closed for summer recess. CSPAN left, the lights went down, and so did the gavel–but some Republicans refused to…

The Problem with the House Slavery Apology

By Loryn Wilson - Aug 4th, 2008 at 10:50 am

Earlier this week, Nicholle Manners wrote about the House resolution apologizing for slavery and the Jim Crow era. While some will agree with Nicholle that…

What the House’s Slavery Apology Means

By Nicholle Manners - Jul 29th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

One 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…