Congressional Powers

The Culture of Corruption in Congress

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

What are our representatives in Congress doing about the toll this recession is taking on America's lower and middle classes? For one thing, they've given themselves a $4,700 pay raise.

As Congress Lay Dying

David Swanson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


David Swanson

The only possible path to truly transformative democratic change lies in re-empowering and reforming Congress.

Welcome to the final stages of the coup...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Larisa Alexandrovna

UPDATES AT BOTTOM If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar In 2000, the long fought for and ...