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CPC network invites babies to Congress as part of political campaign

By | 10.05.11 | 11:21 am

Heartbeat International, one of the largest networks of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in the country, is inviting babies to Capitol Hill Thursday, as part of a political pro-CPC campaign dubbed “Babies Go to Congress,” according to Christian Newswire.

Concerned Taxpayers of America Represents Exactly Two Taxpayers

By | 10.18.10 | 9:57 am

A few weeks ago, a group called Concerned Taxpayers of America emerged out of nowhere and started to spend large sums of money attacking Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) in his re-election bid in Oregon. At the time, both DeFazio and his opponent, Tea Party favorite Art Robinson, claimed complete ignorance More…

Scenes From the ‘Kill the Bill’ Rally

By | 03.16.10 | 2:04 pm

After the jump, a slideshow of the Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill today:

At ‘Kill the Bill’ Rally, Republicans Worry That Pelosi Might Have the Votes

By | 03.16.10 | 12:55 pm

During and after a pair of anti-health care bill rallies on Capitol Hill, I asked a few Republican members of the House — two of whom went on stage — whether they thought the Tea Parties would win out and stop the bill.

“[Rep.] Bart Stupak [D-Mich]” says he has More…

Nervous About Health Care, Tea Partiers Look to 2010

By | 12.15.09 | 7:04 pm

Tom Hill’s massive sign–a white sheet taped onto a fishing pole–said it all. On one side, in thin black letters, Hill had written “STAND FIRM WITH JOE,” a call for solidarity with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). When Hill–who lives in Connecticut–had written that, he thought Lieberman was going to block More…

Obama Birthers Just Walking Around the Hill, Handing Out Incoherent Documents

By | 06.30.09 | 11:01 am

The LetsTalkLiberty Twitter account is reporting every step that Carl Swensson and his small group of Birthers are taking around the Capitol. Two recent tweets claim that GOP senators “Tom Colburn” (sic) of Oklahoma and Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander have “been served a presentment from the Citizen’s Grand Jury: indictment More…

Joe the Whiner

By | 02.05.09 | 2:56 pm

Look, the media doesn’t pay enough attention to Samuel Wurzelbacher. The key scene in Wurzelbacher’s latest episode of “Just Joe,” the Pajamas TV web show comes when he’s talking to a small group of reporters in the Capitol. Why aren’t there more reporters in the room? What is it More…