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Cash rules everything around us 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1835
Congressional approval of D.C. marijuana bill would allow lawmakers to light up 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1632
An "Army of Lobbyists" Is Quietly Fighting for Budget-Busting Corporate Tax Breaks 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1675
Cartoon for April 4, 2014: From Street Walker to Call Girl 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1659
Some Senators Finally Willing To Call CIA's Torture Program 'Torture' 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1428
Senate Intelligence Committee votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1378
Two senators want to declassify CIA report to expose use of ‘inhumane and brutal’ torture 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1750
House approves bill undermining climate studies by prioritizing ‘weather-related activities’ 3 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2300
Senate Democrats Threaten Repeated Votes On Minimum Wage 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 8308
House Ways and Means Committee chair Dave Camp will not seek a 13th term in office 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2032
NJ traffic jams Republican U.S. Senate candidacy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1838
Paul Ryan will release new budget plan on Tuesday 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1751
Designate January 28, as "Throw a Reporter 'Off This F---ing Balcony' Day" 0 Canoe52 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1814
Government Backing for Toxic Mortgage Securities? The Economic Scam of the Century 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1423
Military sex-assault case shows need for far-reaching reforms 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1531
Oil CEO to Congress: Fight Russia by lifting 40-year ban on U.S. crude exports 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1436
The House's NSA Bill Could Allow More Spying Than Ever. You Call This Reform? 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 1745
"Throw the bums out!" 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 10 2466
Nancy Pelosi Admits That Congress Is Scared Of The CIA [View all] 85 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 116 26528
Congress confronts Medicare cuts to doctors' fees 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1631
History tells us we should listen to Nancy.... 0 AZ Mike Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1884
Congress unlikely to act quickly to give IRS regulatory powers over tax preparers 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1953
Neocons Have Weathered the Storm 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 11 2180
Why Congress May Let Air Force Retire The A-10 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2239
Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 2340
The CIA, the Senate and the breakdown of American democracy 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1417
Army, Guard Chiefs Strive For Compromise As Subordinates Quarrel (xpost frm NSD) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1468
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1248
2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood law 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1639
McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conferenc 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1967

Congress Continued...

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Big or small, spending-cut efforts hit roadblocks 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1652
House Republicans Voted Against Environmental Interests 95 Percent Of The Time In 2013 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1963
Forbes Begins Push For HASC Chair; Calls For New ‘Leadership’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1592
Shifting US foreign policy views force rethink by Israel lobby 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1450
Congress signals tough fight for Pentagon plan 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1506
Iran sanctions dispute hurts vets bill prospects 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1436
Senators want Swiss banking group Credit Suisse to be forced to identify tax evaders 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 1708
Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1434
Obama’s Ruse and the Shifting Views of Republicans: Will the US Let Immigrants Be? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1587
The Senator from Oz Fights Crazy with Crazy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1706
The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1562
Rep. Smith Warns Congress: Close Bases Or DoD May Do It Without Us 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1792
A 25% Cut for the Pentagon? Key Dems Say Unnecessary Defense Spending Is Crippling the U.S. and Shou 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 4261
Immigration Reform and Marco Rubio’s White Teeth 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1709
West Virginia Congress Considering Much Needed False Claims Act 0 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1514
Why Surging Support for Marijuana Is Hurting the Republican Party and Will For Years to Come 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1721
Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid 44 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 49 7912
U.S. foreign relations scorecard: Burkina Faso: 2 Canada: 0 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1467
The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue: Let History Speak through the Facts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1643
The United States Has Become a Kleptocracy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2000
How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1505
Budget cuts mean IRS won’t be as helpful this tax season (xpost from Economy) 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1553
Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1348
Debt vote in Senate kept from public view 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1394
Ted Cruz introduces bill to stop Obama, feds from ‘forcing gay marriage on all 50 states’ 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1919
Tea Party gripes: GOP leaders we’re trying to unseat ‘playing hardball’ by fighting back 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2707
Haunted by Racism 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1961
Lawmaker suggests ‘duct tape’ strategy for GOP pols: Shut up until November elections 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1894
Sen. Warren vows to push for minimum wage hike 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1614
U.S. lawmakers reach accord on paying doctors for Medicare 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1511

Congress Continued...

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A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1705
House Speaker John Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1692
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 2947
Congress to CIA: Provide US Drone Victim Count 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1465
Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2103
Senate set to send farm bill to Obama 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1656
Tea Party: Grass roots or head in the clouds? 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1874
House panel opens probe into Navy bribery and fraud scandal 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1365
Senators vow COLA cap repeal; grocery price increases considered 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1947
House passes bill cutting $8 billion from ‘food stamps’ program (xpost from Poverty) 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1624
US Congressmen Prepare for a ‘Global War’? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1520
New 5-year farm bill would cut subsidies while slashing food stamps benefits (xpost frm Poverty) 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1809
Kaine: Put limits on terror war declaration 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1401
Congress cuts U.S. military and development aid for Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1405
Is COLA cap relief now tied to rocket or falling star? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1446
Is Debt Limit The Next Republican Economic Sabotage? 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1593
Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1563
A Congress Of the Wealthy, By the Wealthy, and For the Wealthy 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1571
Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1578
US Already Petrified by the Midterms 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1560
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