The Republican behind the “Don’t Vote” ads aimed at Latino voters came out with a follow-up video explaining why his original spot wasn’t meant to help the GOP in the midterm elections. His argument, according to the Las Vegas Sun: Latino voters should skip out on More…
After two months of wrangling, Congress passed an extension of unemployment benefits earlier this month. But a number of other of vital safety-net programs remain in limbo.
After the jump, a series of choice photos from the Tea Party Express rally on the Boston Common today:
By accident, simply by being polite, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) drafted the best-known opponent of one of the leading Blue Dog Democrats.
At this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Coburn was on his way out when he was approached by a 25-year-old constituent, Dan More…
When President Obama showed up for a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he heard more than just protests against health care.
“We don’t need illegals,” yelled a white-bearded protester into his megaphone outside the high school auditorium in Portsmouth, caught on video here. More…
Even as House lawmakers are celebrating their remarkably swift move to infuse the popular cash for clunkers program with additional funds, some lawmakers and environmentalists are warning that extending the program is premature without knowing what it even does.
Of the $1 billion More…
Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Steve King (R-Iowa) have just asked FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate whether the CIA misled Congress, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has charged.
Suggesting that such claims, if proven false, would “harm national security” undermining morale at the CIA, King cited a federal More…
The National Republican Congressional Committee is up with a new ad against Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), who won one of the closest races in the country last year. It knocks him for his “yes” vote on the stimulus package:
Pelosi’s plan wastes hundreds of millions on programs that won’t
As we mentioned earlier, it’s been a hell of a time tracking down details on a stimulus “deal” that lacked for details. But a preliminary summary coming from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) this morning indicates that the $789 billion package includes a tax-credit for More…
Place this in the “legislative-futility” column.
Just a few hours after the Senate voted yesterday to grant the Obama administration its request for the second $350 billion in Wall Street bailout cash, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) said the lower chamber will still consider its bailout-reform bill next week. More…
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