C Street

Ensign Moves Out Of C Street Home

Las Vegas Sun | Lisa Mascaro (Contact) | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Sen. John Ensign has moved out of the C Street house, the Christian home he shared with other elected officials on Capitol Hill that came under scruti...

Blue Dog Leader Works With Theocratic "Mafia" Opposed to Health Care Reform

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Bruce Wilson

Those in the powerful, secretive, Washington Christian fundamentalist association known as The Family have led some of the most virulent opposition to health care reform and especially a "public option".

"C Street" and the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Chris Rodda

These soldier's appearances on religious programs in uniform isn't just a violation of military regulations, it's a good example of the multiple connections between fundamentalist groups.

Love, Politics and The Media

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Barbara Probst Solomon

Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.

The Family's Ties

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home


Mike Papantonio

Since 1935, an organization calling itself "The Family" has been able to operate unnoticed in the Beltway. But that invisibility is disappearing because of the sensational sex lives of Mark Sanford and John Ensign.

Sen. Ensign's Dad Could Lose Casino Project Over Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Michael Ensign, the father of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), may be finding his business deals threatened after he admitted to giving his son's mistress and...

Sanford Predicted "Public Humiliation," Asked Spiritual Adviser To Beg Wife For Help

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter t...

Bart Stupak, C Street Democrat: "I Don't Know What You're Talking About"

Michigan Messenger | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Despite weeks of media attention paid to the now-infamous "C Street" house owned by The Family, a secretive Christian group, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak -- ...

Ensign Gave $5,000 To GOP Housemate After Scandal

Politico | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Eight days after admitting to an extramarital affair, Sen. John Ensign gave $5,000 to the Tennessee gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Zack Wamp - a fello...

C Street Home To Bible Meetings ... And Breaking Up Extramarital Affairs

Politico | Lisa Lerer and Kathryn McGarr | Posted 08.20.2009 | Style


Lawmakers flock to 113 C St. S.E. for cheap rent, weekly dinners, Bible studies and spirituality sessions that serve as a sort of group therapy for so...

Do We Really Want To Know Dick Cheney's Secrets?

Beth Armogida | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy


Beth Armogida

Eric Holder is considering whether to conduct a criminal investigation of interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration. In other words, Cheney-gate. Or "Saw VII."

Chip Pickering's Wife Claims He Had Affair

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


JACKSON, Miss. — The estranged wife of former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering claims in a lawsuit that the Mississippi Republican had an affair that ru...

Spiritual Adviser: "Darkness" Gripped Sanford

AP | ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Each Sunday afternoon in May, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife hosted five other couples at the executive mansion for a spiritual...

C Street: Secretive D.C. Christian Group Helped Sanford Confront Affair

U.S. News and World Report | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Mark Sanford's news conference today was unusual for lot of reasons, but here's a less obvious one: The South Carolina governor referred to "C Street,...