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Bachmann Tea Party Overdrive: A Tasty and Hot Playlist for Michele and All Her Foxy Friends

David Wild | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, Tea Party Protests, The Wiggles, Anne Murray, Count Basie, Brendan Benson, Nirvana, Capitol, Led Zeppelin, Congress, The Police, Michele Bachmann, The Who, Sister Hazel, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Tea Party, Entertainment News

I just read here that Rep. Michele Bachmann is hosting a very special tea party at the Capitol today. I'm sure it will be a lovely affair, so I wanted to send along this playlist for Congress' hostess with the mostest.

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Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

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Josh Bowman: Man With Gun Arrested Near Capitol During Obama Speech

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Shotgun, Gun, Health Care Address, Health Care Speech, Joshua Bowman, Capitol Building, Unregistered Gun, Congress, Obama, Capitol, Capitol Complex, U.S. Capitol Police, Permit, Politics News

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a Virginia man they say tried to drive into a secure area near the Capitol with a shotgun and rif...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Tea Bagging California

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, California Economic Crisis, California, California State Government, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget Cuts, New York Times Magazine, George W. Bush, Capitol, Sacramento, California Budget Crisis, Mark Leibovich, Politics News

The California budget crisis continues to be a showdown between a recalcitrant Executive and a weak-kneed Legislature.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It to "America's Best"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warren Thornton Youth Center, California Economic Crisis, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, George W. Bush, General Douglas MacArthur, California, Governor Schwarzenegger, San Francisco Chronicle, California State Government, The Terminator, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, Schwarzenegger, Sacramento, California Budget Crisis, Capitol, Budget Cuts, Politics News

Thanks to an economic crisis his good friend George W. Bush gave us, Schwarzenegger is launching a frontal assault against virtually all of the state's public sector institutions.

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The Albany Saga: Too Much For Hollywood

Liz Krueger | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Capitol, State Government, Pedro Espada, Albany, New York State, New York, David Paterson, New York News

If someone actually wrote the screenplay of the Albany debacle, no one would believe that such events could actually take place in an advanced democracy in 2009.

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Youth to See Green with Jobs in California

Paige Donner | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Youth Employment, Green Jos, Economic Recovery Act, Economic Stimulus, Mayor Villaraigosa, Capitol, Pres. Barack Obama, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Politics News

From May until June, Los Angeles is putting another 1,250 youth to work in summer jobs. Starting now our city is placing over 16,500 young people in jobs through this fiscal year.

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Congress To Stop Using Coal In Power Plant

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal, Capitol, Capitol Power Plant, US Capitol, Green News

WASHINGTON — The 99-year-old Capitol Power Plant, which provides steam for heat and hot water in congressional buildings, is ending its distinct...

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Forgetting History, California Style

David O. Stewart | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Reagan, Capitol, History, Unitarians, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Starr King, Home News

We need to remember all of our history, not just a handful of presidential personalities, particularly in the Capitol Building itself.

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The Day I Learned Obama was not Mine Alone

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Perhaps because we perceived Obama's victory as a long shot, we all somehow convinced ourselves that the involvement of each and every one of us was indispensable to the man's success.

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One Gigantic Shining Moment

Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Inauguration, Capitol Hill, Emotion, Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration Day 2009, Racial Equality, Obama Inauguration, Capitol, Washington DC, Barack Obama Inauguration, The Mall, Race, Obama Inauguration Day, Joy, Happiness, Emotions, Politics News

In the moments immediately after Obama was sworn in, I turned to an African American woman standing behind me and we just hugged, celebrating in that tight embrace the collapse of racial divide.

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The Inauguration: Greetings from the Mob

Alexander Trowbridge | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: d.c. Mall, Obama Inauguration, The Wait, George Bush, Pain, Obama Crowds, Michelle Obama, Capitol Hill, Obama's Inauguration, George W. Bush, Capitol, Washington DC, Barack Obama Inauguration, Crowd Control, Barack Obama, Joy, Happiness, Unity, Crowd, Laura Bush, Video, George H.W. Bush, Making History, Inauguration, Broken Bones, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Newt Gingrich, Injury, Excitement Obama, Politics News

In this historic inauguration, seating is so much on the mind. Some people arrived at the gates just as the last of the guests at the pre-inaugural balls stumbled back in the opposite direction.

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Burris Hoping to be Crowned Emperor of Universe

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rod Blagoevich, Roland Burris Senate, U.S. Senate, Andy Borowitz, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Capitol, Illinois, Politics News

Just hours after being denied a seat in the U.S. Senate, Roland W. Burris said that he was no longer interested in that position and would instead seek to be crowned Emperor of the Universe.

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Reading The Pictures: www.sowingseedsofdissension.democrats.gov

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Photos, Axelrod, President Obama, Washington, Nyt, News Photographers, Obama, Congress, Democrats, Queen, Images, Politics, Pelosi, Emanuel, Staff, Nancy Pelosi, Bagnewsnotes, New York Times, Obama Transition, Speaker, House Speaker, Capitol, News, Media News

With the country in a shambles, the media wouldn't want the Democrats getting off to a rocky start, would it?

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Inauguration Security Set To Be Tighter Than Ever

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mall, Barack Obama, Secret Service, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Capitol, Barack Obama Inauguration, Politics News

WASHINGTON — No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route. That's just a sample ...

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Save the Jeep; Save the Nation

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Washington Mutual, Gm, Economy, United Auto Workers, Sen. Harry Reed, Ford, Mitt Romney, Fannie Mae, Credit Default Swaps, Congress, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Big Three, Aig, Chrysler, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, New York Museum of Modern Art, Jeep, Uaw, World War II, Capitol, Senate Majority Leader, Willys-Overland, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Chysler, Auto Industry, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Congress cannot let the Jeep die in bankruptcy. Congress must not fail the U.S. auto industry. Doing so would be abandoning the core of the American economy -- manufacturing.

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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The Man Who Will be President.

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1/21/09, See the Change, Capitol, Oath of Office, D.C., Washington, Barack Obama, 44th President, Michelle Obama, Politics News

This election is not about the woman who could be president, it's about the man who will be president. It's time to put down the fear.

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Obama's Good Day And A Columnist's Bad One

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Paulson, Musharraf, Petraeus, O'Neill, Pakistan, Secret Service, Bernanke, Obama, Mccain, Washington Post, Republicans, Democrats, Greenspan, Bush, Gillani, Milbank, Capitol, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Media News