Car Dealers Exempt From New Consumer Protection Agency
The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.
The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.
David Donnelly | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) has taken $170,550 in campaign contributions from auto dealers. Who do you think he wants to exempt from the provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency bill?
The Progress Report | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Birthers claim that the birth certificate posted by the Obama campaign was "a false, fake birth certificate," but its authenticity has been independently confirmed.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.22.2009 | Comedy
The so-called "Birther" movement gained new steam today as one of its prominent Congressional advocates claimed that NASA faked the birth of Barack Obama.
Michael Markarian | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics
If they were truly concerned about the economy, self-described fiscal conservatives like Boehner, Bishop, and King should have been the first to line up today in support of the mustang legislation.
The Washington Independent | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.), who gives his departing interns copies of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," told me today that the response to Preside...
Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.
Cristina Chang | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home
Can the "50 state strategy" help the down-ticket candidates? I sat down with a proud liberal trying to unseat a conservative incumbent in California.
Steve Parker | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business