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We have sworn to uphold our Constitution of the United States of America.... Yet we are about to give our seal of approval to a bill that gives the military the authority to hold American citizens captured abroad on suspicion of terrorism and to hold them indefinitely without trial.
The fate of the fiscal stability of the United States was sealed on the weekend of December 4-5, 2010.
House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi--You are all that stands between the American people and unconditional surrender to the darkest forces in American society and the mass suicide of the liberal Democratic project.
Every Democrat in America who believes in the values and heritage of the Democratic party owes Harry Reid a debt of gratitude for standing up for what we as Democrats believe.
The non-case against Waters has meandered off and on for far too long for anyone to take the probe or, for that matter, the ethics committee that's supposedly probing her seriously.
There really is nothing worse than a deadbeat father who has the means but won't pay his child support. So what can be said of a Congress that has the means but just won't meet the financial commitments it's made?
Democrats should take a page out of the Republican playbook: Fashion their own debt-ceiling bill in collaboration with the White House, pass it in the Senate under reconciliation, and then put the House under enormous pressure.
If Democrats continue on their self-destructive road to Republicanism, voters will see red in 2012. Only if self-interest happens to intersect with the public good will we see blue.
This country often feels utterly incapable of political conversation; it's an axiom of American civility, after all, "no politics or religion at the dinner table," right?
Republicans are so desperate to distract Americans about their plan to end Medicare that they plan to pull the same trick play: purposely scare and mislead seniors into believing their Medicare benefits are getting cut under the new health care law.
House Resolution 3 represents an unprecedented rollback of women's rights by sneaking in a backdoor provision to reintroduce language that redefines rape. It would be a laughable concept if it weren't so serious.
A vote to repeal health reform legislation is a vote to maintain health care costs as the leading cause of personal bankruptcy and credit card debt in this country.
Nancy Pelosi is a political liability and a political asset. But it doesn't much matter whether her worth as an asset outbalances the liability. She's not going anywhere, and the administration will have to make do with her as its main voice in the House.
Keeping Ms. Pelosi as House Democratic Caucus Leader is the smartest move members of that caucus could make. Her tenacity speaks for itself. It's a needed commodity to lead in Washington.
Like a chubby kid stockpiling his Dunk-a-roos at snack-time, many Democratic politicians in safe seats are hoarding their goodies while embattled colleagues go hungry this campaign season.
Today's Congress is in the midst of a communications transformation, and suffers from public wrath and bitter internal division. The world's most powerful legislature is in trouble. Putting today's Republicans in charge will make it worse.
