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What's the Current GOP manufactured debt Crisis? Social Security Reform 0 M Kitt Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1510
The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1622
Lawmakers: Carrier fleet should be exempt from cuts 1 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1832
Refinery Lobbyist Invokes WW2-Era Quote, Calls Businesses That Donate to Environmentalists ‘Appeaser 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1789
Blackwater Lobbyist Will Manage the House Intelligence Committee 19 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 6283
David Brooks’ latest trick: Exposing the sleight of hand in his defense of the Kochs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Dec 2014 7 1759
“Don’t Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class” – Jes 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1785
Lack of Leadership by Washington and Moscow Undermines Treaties and Norms 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1758
Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying 7 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 3510
The United States' Middle East policy is in shambles 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1766
Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’ 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1969
Big Pharma Lobbies Hard to End India's Distribution of Affordable Generic Drugs 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2064
An Appeal From Okinawa to the US Congress 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1640
Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill? 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1902
Why Everyone is Lobbying on the F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2104
The American Voter: Dumb as Dogshit, Nearly as Inert 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1973
The progressives are coming!: Why the latest attempt to “save” Democrats from populism is so patheti 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1595
America’s flip-flop foreign policy: Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton and the new millennial voter 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1562
Republican senators seek to block funds to combat Ebola 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2034
Louie Gohmert: Obama thought ISIS beheading victim would die from climate change first 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1954
On the Ropes in Kansas, Roberts Goes Full Anti-Obama 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2175
Is There a Doctor in the House? 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1454
GOP’s full-blown panic: Why they’re pushing national security again 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1744
The Precise Percentage of Republicans Who Are Certifiable Assholes 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 1852
Potomac Fever: Washington's Insane Clown Posse Rides Again 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1654
So the US Is Single-Handedly at War Again 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1722
Anti-Science Congress cut $600 mn. from Agency Leading Ebola Response 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1714
The Neoconservatives and the Islamic State 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1685
Rep. Louie Gohmert’s Ebola Theory Is Dumber Than He Is 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1729
Seditious Republicans Spend Paid Vacation Instigating Rebellion Among Military Generals 37 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Oct 2014 56 16606

Congress Continued...

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GOP House guts White House’s request for funds to fight and contain Ebola 6 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Oct 2014 7 2967
$22 Billion to Fight ISIL in same Year Congress cut $8.7 bn in Food Stamps 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1990
Time to Mobilize the Washington War Hawks to Fight ISIS Terrorists 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1695
Pro-Sullivan group gets $500,000 for U.S. Senate race from NFL owner 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1746
Paul Ryan Admits That The GOP Plans To Win The Senate and Take Healthcare Away From Millions 3 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2136
U.S. reps call for better VA access 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1753
Democrats Run Away from Success of Obamacare 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1718
Jon Stewart: Talking to GOP about climate change is like ‘pushing a million pounds of idiot up a mou 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1878
Who's the dude with the hair nowadays in Congress? 13 valerief Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 5798
Buying Back the U.S. Senate 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1608
Does Heidi Hall lack "proper background or intellect"? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1836
Rand Paul panders to the libertarians Ann Coulter said she’d ‘drown’ if GOP doesn’t take Senate 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1765
Kansas Democrat asks court to require new US Senate candidate 4 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2083
Anthony Weiner and the Revolving Door 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1677
Rachel Maddow rips ‘repellent’ Congress for giving itself two more months off 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2122
From Tragedy to Farce: How Fox News and the GOP Tarnished Benghazi 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1558
Ted Cruz: ‘Social worker’ Obama wants to fight ISIS with ‘expanded Medicaid’ 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1631
Senate panel: Chinese hackers targeted military contractors and tech firms 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1406
Is the GOP/TP Really Against "Big Government?" Fuhgeddaboudit 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1812
America’s “ground troops” fiasco: Why Congress must straitjacket the presidency 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1499
Superbug fears: Lawmakers want to crack down on overuse of antibiotics in livestock 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1460
Congress includes $29 million in cuts to TANF in proposed CR 2 DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2006
Deborah Lee James: Air Force to Get ’70-75 Percent’ Of Budget Request Through Congress 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1543
Progressive Democrats Follow Obama to War in Syria 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2144
Congress scrutinizes Obama military strategy 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1431
A constitutional amendment to take Big Money out of politics dies quietly 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1544
What Do Republicans Want? 6 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2582
MN GOP candidate blames opponent for ‘sleazy, slimy’ Bill Maher’s comedic rant 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1793
Bill Maher levels GOP Rep. Kline: He embodies D.C’s ‘easily-swayed whores and sellouts 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1567
INFLUENCE GAME: Chemical trade tries to shape regs 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1633

Congress Continued...

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GOP congressman: Ted Cruz was playing to Tea Party in ‘self-serving’ speech to Christians 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2512
Why We Need to Prosecute Our Torturers 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1458
WATCH: Ted Cruz storms offstage after getting booed by Christian group he insulted 3 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1850
Al Franken Drops a Truth Bomb On The Senate: Citizens United Is Money Laundering 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 1758
"Wary of a War Vote" 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1767
Ted Cruz: SNL’s Lorne Michaels could be thrown in jail if Dems undo ‘Citizens United’ 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1815
Exposed: Corporate cash is the lifeblood of climate change denial on Capitol Hill 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1464
HASC GOP Leaders Cross Fingers For Senate Elections 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1357
House resolution condemns Obama for Taliban swap 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1549
House tries to rein in EPA, to dismay of conservationists 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1459
Just Say No 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1508
New Email Release Shows: Peter King Demanded an Investigation To Find Journalist's Sources Like Pete 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1456
Elizabeth Warren slams Eric Cantor and ‘revolving door’ linking Congress to Wall Street 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1459
Clean CR, Sequestration Hopes: Fall Hill Predictions 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1689
We’re gonna need a bigger boat — Most vulnerable House members — Coakley’s 2010 redux? 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1786
The 6 Strangest Libertarian Ideas 1 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1828
In Senate-CIA fight on interrogation report, another controversy 3 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1763
Will Republicans Block Action On Corporations Abandoning The U.S.? 4 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2036
House GOP candidate: Female senators are “undeserving bimbos in tennis shoes” 1 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1988
Congress is next stop for Iraqi refugees 0 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1523
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