The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)
Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...
Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the beginning, it was ...
A. Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
Republicans are absolutely right and absolutely wrong when it comes to EPA analysis of climate legislation. They are right that the analysis has flaws, but they are wrong about what should be done about it.
Marcy Winograd | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
If we accept the 2010 COLA freeze, if seniors fail to grab their bullhorns, then we may be looking at another freeze in 2012, 2013 and beyond, while the Right continues to hammer away at the big lie -- that we cannot afford Social Security.
The Raw Story | John Byrne | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and onetime gay outreach director for Coors Brewing Company, gave $1,000 to a Republica...
The Hill | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP's downfall, one of their retiring Republican...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich concurs with his 1994 compatriot Bill Kristol: It's time to kill health care reform, again. Asked by Think Progre...
Carl Pope | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green
Barack Obama apparently got it wrong. It's "never" rather than "now" that stirs the human soul.
Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green
By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
A Republican retirement community of sorts is slowly forming in the United States Senate. The behavior of its liberated members could have profound im...
Politico | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
Former Republican congressman Rob Portman will announce that he is running for the Senate soon after Ohio Sen. George Voinovich's retirement announcem...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Ohio Sen. George Voinovich has told associates he intends to retire next year rather than seek a new term, party officials said Sun...
The Hill | Silla Brush | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
The auto industry's most prominent Republican backer is pressing Democratic leaders to take swift action this month to help the nation's car industry,...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics
Over the past few days there has been a concerted McCain campaign effort to paint Barack Obama's tax policies as socialistic in nature. On Friday a su...
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics