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Congressional approval of D.C. marijuana bill would allow lawmakers to light up 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1600
An "Army of Lobbyists" Is Quietly Fighting for Budget-Busting Corporate Tax Breaks 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1645
Cartoon for April 4, 2014: From Street Walker to Call Girl 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1645
Some Senators Finally Willing To Call CIA's Torture Program 'Torture' 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1412
Senate Intelligence Committee votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1357
Two senators want to declassify CIA report to expose use of ‘inhumane and brutal’ torture 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1721
House approves bill undermining climate studies by prioritizing ‘weather-related activities’ 3 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2254
Senate Democrats Threaten Repeated Votes On Minimum Wage 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 8286
House Ways and Means Committee chair Dave Camp will not seek a 13th term in office 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2007
NJ traffic jams Republican U.S. Senate candidacy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1817
Paul Ryan will release new budget plan on Tuesday 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1729
Designate January 28, as "Throw a Reporter 'Off This F---ing Balcony' Day" 0 Canoe52 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1772
Government Backing for Toxic Mortgage Securities? The Economic Scam of the Century 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1400
Military sex-assault case shows need for far-reaching reforms 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1508
Oil CEO to Congress: Fight Russia by lifting 40-year ban on U.S. crude exports 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1413
The House's NSA Bill Could Allow More Spying Than Ever. You Call This Reform? 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 1717
"Throw the bums out!" 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Mar 2014 10 2406
Nancy Pelosi Admits That Congress Is Scared Of The CIA [View all] 85 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 116 25820
Congress confronts Medicare cuts to doctors' fees 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1614
History tells us we should listen to Nancy.... 0 AZ Mike Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1844
Congress unlikely to act quickly to give IRS regulatory powers over tax preparers 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1923
Neocons Have Weathered the Storm 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 11 2143
Why Congress May Let Air Force Retire The A-10 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2203
Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 2313
The CIA, the Senate and the breakdown of American democracy 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1399
Army, Guard Chiefs Strive For Compromise As Subordinates Quarrel (xpost frm NSD) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1452
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1235
2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood law 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1607
McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conferenc 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1940
Big or small, spending-cut efforts hit roadblocks 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1633

Congress Continued...

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House Republicans Voted Against Environmental Interests 95 Percent Of The Time In 2013 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1938
Forbes Begins Push For HASC Chair; Calls For New ‘Leadership’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1568
Shifting US foreign policy views force rethink by Israel lobby 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1429
Congress signals tough fight for Pentagon plan 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1488
Iran sanctions dispute hurts vets bill prospects 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1422
Senators want Swiss banking group Credit Suisse to be forced to identify tax evaders 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 1684
Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1419
Obama’s Ruse and the Shifting Views of Republicans: Will the US Let Immigrants Be? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1560
The Senator from Oz Fights Crazy with Crazy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1673
The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1535
Rep. Smith Warns Congress: Close Bases Or DoD May Do It Without Us 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1767
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 4200
Immigration Reform and Marco Rubio’s White Teeth 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1690
West Virginia Congress Considering Much Needed False Claims Act 0 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1495
Why Surging Support for Marijuana Is Hurting the Republican Party and Will For Years to Come 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1696
Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid 44 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 49 7711
U.S. foreign relations scorecard: Burkina Faso: 2 Canada: 0 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1452
The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue: Let History Speak through the Facts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1624
The United States Has Become a Kleptocracy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1970
How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1471
Budget cuts mean IRS won’t be as helpful this tax season (xpost from Economy) 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1532
Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1328
Debt vote in Senate kept from public view 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1379
Ted Cruz introduces bill to stop Obama, feds from ‘forcing gay marriage on all 50 states’ 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1888
Tea Party gripes: GOP leaders we’re trying to unseat ‘playing hardball’ by fighting back 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2638
Haunted by Racism 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1940
Lawmaker suggests ‘duct tape’ strategy for GOP pols: Shut up until November elections 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1864
Sen. Warren vows to push for minimum wage hike 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1590
U.S. lawmakers reach accord on paying doctors for Medicare 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1496
A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1679

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
House Speaker John Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1669
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 2877
Congress to CIA: Provide US Drone Victim Count 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1445
Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2057
Senate set to send farm bill to Obama 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1618
Tea Party: Grass roots or head in the clouds? 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1842
House panel opens probe into Navy bribery and fraud scandal 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1341
Senators vow COLA cap repeal; grocery price increases considered 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1915
House passes bill cutting $8 billion from ‘food stamps’ program (xpost from Poverty) 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1595
US Congressmen Prepare for a ‘Global War’? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1495
New 5-year farm bill would cut subsidies while slashing food stamps benefits (xpost frm Poverty) 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1783
Kaine: Put limits on terror war declaration 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1384
Congress cuts U.S. military and development aid for Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1381
Is COLA cap relief now tied to rocket or falling star? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1422
Is Debt Limit The Next Republican Economic Sabotage? 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1569
Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1531
A Congress Of the Wealthy, By the Wealthy, and For the Wealthy 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1555
Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1555
US Already Petrified by the Midterms 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1536
Another case of deregulation by starvation: the IRS 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1540
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