The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)
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The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.27.2009 | Comedy
President Obama said the move was both a victory for human dignity and for pointless wars we can't possibly win.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) predicted on Sunday that health care reform would pass, while a fellow Republican senator was more skeptical. Appearing o...
Ben Berkon | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy
In political news, Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe, has publicly decided to sign the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill, controversially depriving the United States of its poor health care.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.
Steven Waldman | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
In his "chairman's mark" on health care reform, Max Baucus had rejected the pure pro-choice position but still included provisions that pro-lifers viewed as supporting abortion.
Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
What did conservative Republicans think of President Obama's health care speech last night? Not very much, apparently. Sen Orrin Hatch (R-UT)--who, yo...
Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
On a 63-35 vote, the Senate has broken the filibuster against Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for Administrator of the White House Office of ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Two of Ted Kennedy's closest friends in the Senate said on Sunday that they thought his widow, Vicki, would make a great temporary replacement for him...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The private memorial service for Ted Kennedy at the JFK library in Boston Friday night drew many luminaries from the political world such as Vice Pres...
Bennet Kelley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The Senate's Last Lion roars no more, but "the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has released a tribute song for his late friend Ted Kennedy. The conservative senator actually wrote the song last year, wh...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
It's a shame that our political exchange has come to this, but the GOP is preparing to pigeonhole any reference to health care at Sen. Kennedy's upcoming funeral as playing politics.
Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
Sen. Arlen Specter says critics of the Democrats' health care proposals are not representative of the public's view on the issue. The Pennsylvania De...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.
Monica Youn | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
In all the hullabaloo about so-called "judicial activism," wouldn't it be refreshing to hear some questions about "judicial passivism" as well?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah), is distancing himself from a conservative organization's ad tying Judge Sonia Sotomayor to former Weather Underground memb...
The New Haven Independent | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
As firefighter Frank Ricci arrived in the nation's capital for his moment in the spotlight, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch came to the his defense against an a...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Any judgment that differs from mine, to the extent it differs from mine, does not reflect reality. I am White Guy.
Sandy Maisel | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Sessions' repetition seemed like piling on. What was the point? Was he trying to catch Sotomayor in a contradiction? To gain an admission? To score points back home?
Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
Last week's sustained cyber-attacks on some of our country's most sensitive government networks exposed how a country that lives by the technology can also perish by the technology.
T. Boone Pickens | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green
The NAT GAS Act is the only way I know to quickly and effectively reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It will also save consumers thousands of dollars on fuel costs and protect our environment.
Bryan Young | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics
I don't trust private industry with my health.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics