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Republican go-to guy on nukes keeps Obama administration twisting in the wind...
Senator Jon Kyl continues to flip-flop on New START. Is New START "relatively benign," as he called it, or ideologically unacceptable to you and other Republicans?
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Opposition to New START pits Republicans against traditional allies
In the rush to thwart President Obama, Republicans trample their own values. Republican foot-dragging on President Obama's signature nuclear initiative places them at odds with the defense establishment.
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Yo, GOP: Slash regulation? Or spend up to $27 million to save a life?
Many of the seats the Democrats lost in Congress can be attributed to a tea-party and GOP-influenced desire to shrink the size of the federal government. Presumed goals of conservative and GOP winners:...
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Canadian Embassy emails reveal Canadian, US lobbying on tar sands-derived oil
Recently released emails written by employees of the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC and other Canadian government workers show that the Embassy directly lobbied the Bush Administration and Congress...
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'Oh, Congress! Oh, Congress! God mend thine ev'ry flaw'
When the national anthem is sung, I place my hand over my heart. I didn’t always. But I’m old enough now to appreciate, to be grateful for, what being an American citizen has afforded me. If I wish, I...
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NSF clears Mann of misconduct implications made by Sen. Inhofe (updated)
National Science Foundation inspectors reject implications of misconduct made by Sen. Inhofe against Michael Mann.
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Senate procedure: it's not a three-ring circus, it's full-tilt clown war
I think the educated, informed and politically active electorate on all sides get the three-ring circus metaphor for our government. There just needs to be more of them, on all sides. Let’s see what...
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Filibuster reform and the zombie apocalypse
Once I was a believer in the time-honored Senate filibuster tradition, although by “believer” I don’t necessarily mean that I loved it or revered it, exactly. I was more like a guy worried about a...
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A Senate re-election announcement you'll never hear
A make-up woman brushes a small lock of my hair so it drapes slightly over my forehead. That errant wisp tested well with focus groups of women. I glance at the TelePrompter, reciting silently the...
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Our hardworking folks in Congress: more interested in keeping their jobs than...
When voters elect members of Congress, they are hiring them to do a job. Voters, through their taxes, compensate those politicians well — $174,000 a year, and more if they have committee or leadership...
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Infographic: how religious is the United States government?
Jesus is coming. Let’s vote.
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Revolving door spits out a Koch lobbyist for McConnell’s ‘policy chief’
The road to personal riches and political influence in Washington, D.C., is well trod. From Congress to K Street and back. From the White House to K Street and back. From numerous executive branch...
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NC Senator Bob Rucho Stabs Democracy, Leaves It Bleeding On Senate Floor
The following is a Facebook post from NC Senator Josh Stein. Senate Finance Committee Chair Bob Rucho flouted the democratic process yesterday to ram an anti-clean tech bill through committee. We...
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Racism: death of a nation
White people: Don’t get defensive. I was brought up in the South. I know what it’s like. A bunch of grown men, pillars of the community, get together around the grill, maybe at the volunteer fire...
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Aderholt, King, Rohrabacher, Sessions, Wicker make incorrect statements about...
Combined, Robert Aderholt and Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Dana Rohrbacher of California, Steve King of Iowa, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi have made ten false or misleading statements about the OISM's...
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Six more Congressmen make false statements about OISM’s Global Warming...
Representatives Conaway, Luetkemeyer, McKinley, Pearce, and Poe and Senator Inhofe have all made serious factual errors and repeated the false narrative that the Global Warming Petition Project...
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Two Senators and three supposed climate experts repeat errors or lies about...
Senators Michael Crapo and Orrin Hatch have implied that they agree with the Global Warming Petition Project's false, anti-consensus narrative while climate "experts" J. Scott Amstrong, Kesten C....
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Wanted: Part-time job with $174,000 salary — and plenty of perks
Pssst — have I got a few sweetheart jobs for you. In one, you’ll only have to work 111 days in 2016. You’ll be off — yep, off! — for 150 days. There’s this job, too: You’ll only have to … Continue...
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You want this job: 150 days off in 2016!
Pssst. Hey, have I got a few sweet jobs for you. In the first, you’ll only have to work 111 days in 2016. You’ll be off — yep, off! — for 150 days. There’s this job, too: You’ll only have … Continue...
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President Donald’s already shrunken government
The Trump transition team has yet to name all its executive branch officials, moving to fill only about 4 percent of positions needing Senate approval. President Donald has yet to flesh out the rest of...
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