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Isn't "Insider Trading" supposed to be a bad thing?
Positively Orwellian. All pigs are equal under the law, but the law does not apply to congress pigs?
Four Members of Congress Caught Cheating on Taxes
Fortney “Pete” Stark under ethics committee investigation for tax evasion…
Obama/Pelosi Care Passes House 220-215
Obama/Pelosi Care passes House of Representatives on narrow (220-215) vote
Unqualified Leadership
Ever wonder why Congress just cannot seem to grasp things which are obvious to you and me? I do not mean just one party or the other, but Congress' long-standing…
Big Pig takes Pork crown
The Democrats may not have much to show for their vaunted agenda after taking control of the Congress last year, but they have excelled in at least one area: congressional…
Democrats’ tax dilemma
One of the Democratic Congress’ consistent themes has been their desire to “roll back” tax cuts “for the wealthy.” The simplest way for them to accomplish this goal is to…
Democrats cave to Bush – again
President Bush continued his string of victories over the Democratic Congress as leaders in both House and Senate acquiesce to his spending limit demands, reports Alexander Bolton for The Hill:…
Eric Cantor’s tribute to the Democratic Congress
Representative Eric Cantor (R – VA) salutes the accomplishments of the Democratic Congress: Via Gateway Pundit. Too bad it’s too late for Cannes – maybe next year?…
Zogby: Congress wins lower approval than OJ
In a rambling column essentially confirming he has no idea what may happen in next year’s election, pollster John Zogby notes in passing that Congress’ approval rating is lower than…
Code Pink: down, but still out of their minds
As Eli Lake noted in The New York Sun, the entire “anti-war” movement, including Code Pink, has effectively abandoned any idea of forcing troop withdrawals from Iraq any time soon….
“Crooks and Liars” update: poll results
Jay Tea’s post below on the laughable attempt by the leftist blog Crooks and Liars to spin Rep. Pete Stark’s outrageous comments on the House floor needs an update. Jay…
One strange man, one strange vote
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 203, a Resolution Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. The dictatorial regime of the mad mullahs has been…
Harry Reid jumps thru hoop, falls flat on face
Only two days after being called on the carpet by his Masters of the antiwar Left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to deliver on his whiny promises as the…
Antiwar Left yanks leash on Harry Reid
Poor Harry Reid. After a career of accommodating the Vegas mob and ensuring jobs, prime investments, and contracts for his family and friends, he rises to Majority Leader in the…
Whew! No new House seats
The House will stay at 435 as legislation to add seats falls short in the Senate, the Associated Press reports: A bill that would have given District of Columbia residents…
Rangel plots major tax hike
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was designed to stop high-income earners from paying no income taxes but, because it was never indexed to inflation, it affects more and more upper-middle…
What if they gave a war protest and nobody came?
Despite the call to protest the congressional testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, not many showed up today, as Mark Hemingway reports for NRO: Indymedia may be a clearinghouse…
"Slimed in the Green Zone"
No, it's not a "B" horror flick from the '50s – it's what Democratic members of Congress are saying about their recent trip to Iraq, as reported by Jonathan Weisman…
Please smoke – it’s for the kids!
Democrats are working on a huge expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program that covers children of families with too much income to qualify for Medicaid. The only problem…
Roll Call exposes politicians on fake letters
The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call caught legislators trying to pass off stacks of empty boxes as the "million letters" they supposedly received on behalf of the McCain-Kennedy Immigration bill….
Al Qaeda's Zawahri jeers at Iraq funding
In a stunning reversal, al Qaeda's #2 man no longer supports the Demcrats' withdrawal plans. Reuters reports: In a new Internet video, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command jeers at the Iraq…
“Language of surrender is inappropriate…”
Representative Geoff Davis of Kentucky’s “one-minute” speech: Thanks to Ankle Biting Pundits for the pointer….
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