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Is an app a device? Is it a life-saving tool or is it the new shiny toy on your smartphone about which you know nothing about the reliability or specificity of how it works?
By raising barriers to economic assistance and legal recourse, this legislation sends the message to countless women living in violent households that their place is still in the home.
Knowing they will face serious political heat for doing the right thing, these members of Congress demonstrated something Speaker Boehner and his political lieutenants did not -- a steadfast commitment to women, children and all victims of violence.
It's Public Policy 101: before you step, you should look. Before charting a course and spending money, lawmakers should get the information they need to make the best decision.
The first thing I discovered about Capitol Hill is that it's the human equivalent of an anthill.
It may seem odd that I, a loyal Democrat, am singing the praises of Congressman Issa. However, the technologist in me has fallen in love with how Issa is revolutionizing the relationship between Congress and technology.
I would imagine that 99 percent of people in America would agree, that whatever Congress decides a small business is, Fortune 500 firms and multi-billion dollar investment firms should not be allowed to fit into that definition.
Earth Week started Sunday and there's nothing more powerful than moms doing their part for the Earth.
Since Republicans gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2010 elections, the body has waged the single worst legislative assault in history against the foundational safeguards we all depend on to protect our environment and health.
On April 24, 1915, Ottoman Turkish authorities unleashed a genocide against the Armenian people. To view my statement on the floor of the House of Rep...
All of us want to put America back on a sustainable fiscal path, but to do so everyone must be asked to pitch in. The Republican budget, however, places the entire burden of deficit reduction on the middle class, seniors, and the most vulnerable.
Rather than trying to pass another tax giveaway for the richest among us, House Republicans should join with Democrats and enact public policies that will actually benefit our middle class and working families.
The Republican myth of smaller government is nothing but a hypocritical talking point.
Will Super PACs, representing those huge sums of money, paralyze the ability of Members of Congress to even propose a vote for a controversial position?
If you were going to compare one current member of Congress to Dagny Taggart, who would it be? Please feel free to explain your reasoning, and remember, there are no wrong answers except "Nancy Pelosi."
Discontent is high on both sides of the political spectrum. These are the best of times and the worst of times -- a clash between the tea party and o...
