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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

WATCH: Jon Stewart To Author Ron Paul: "And You Call Yourself A Congressman!"

Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.01.2009 | Books


Ron Paul was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night to discuss his new book End the Fed. Stewart, shocked that the book showed "thought and eff...

If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Mary Ann West

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

GOP Congressman: "Liberals Hate Real Americans That Work And Achieve And Believe In God"

Think Progress | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


On Saturday, Republican North Carolina Reps. Patrick McHenry and Robin Hayes warmed up the crowd at a rally for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by throwing re...

Congressman's $121,000 Payoff To Alleged Mistress

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mist...

Prostitute Testifies: Ex-Congressman 'Fed Her Grapes As She Sat Naked In A Hot Tub'

AP | ALLISON HOFFMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A prostitute whom prosecutors say a defense contractor provided to former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham testified Wednesday that the congressman fed he...