
In perhaps the most ridiculous attempt at deficit reduction to date, GOP Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas proposed to defund the president's teleprompter.
Out of the more than 400 amendments filed Monday night to the House spending bill, Womack added this gem because,...
Posted January 8, 2011 | 18:21:19 (EST)
In an eerie flashback to March 2010, Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford discusses rhetoric and violence in the aftermath of the vote on heath care reform. Her office had been just been vandalized.
When asked if she was afraid she said that she was not, but said that the "rhetoric is...
Posted March 5, 2009 | 13:52:19 (EST)
The Page Six cartoon - caricaturing the police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy. The cartoon shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," one officer says.
More recently, a photo emerged,...

Posted February 18, 2011 | 09:46:39 (EST)