Congress

Same-sex couples may receive COBRA rights under new bill

By: Niko Kyriakou 06/29/11 10:00 PM

Rep. Jackie Speier introduced legislation last week to give same-sex couples the same right as straight couples to share COBRA health care benefits with their partners and their partners’ kids. “The recession didn’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and neither should our safety-net policy,” Speier said. Read More

Crossroads GPS ad buy meant to frame economy, jobs issues for 2012

By: Mark Tapscott 06/25/11 3:04 PM

What's likely to be the basic debate issue of the 2012 presidential campaign? If you said, "jobs" or "the economy," you're right, but there are several different ways to talk about those issues. Crossroads GPS is mounting a two-month, $20 million advertising campaign aimed at framing the economic issues for the 2012 contest. Read More

Serious Business

By: Nate Beeler 06/23/11 11:25 PM

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Congress can’t keep its hands out of Patent Office cookie jar

By: Tom Giovanetti 06/20/11 10:39 PM

Most people are aware that Social Security would actually be in pretty good shape today if Congress had not continually raided the trust fund and spent the money on other things over the years.Workers paid payroll taxes for the specific purpose of funding their Social Security retirements, but the only thing Congress saw was a pile of money. As a result, today there’s nothing in the Social Security Trust Fund but a pile of IOUs. Read More

Erickson: Inside the Beltway conservatives are a bunch of whimps!

By: Mark Tapscott 06/20/11 4:52 AM

RedState.com's Erick Erickson says the time for talking about cutting federal spending and stopping the growth of the national debt is over, the time for actually doing something about them is here. And Erickson thinks too many conservative organizations in the nation's capital are part of the problem because they are addicted to talking instead of acting. In a post this morning, Erickson declares: "The time for nuancing and diplomatic niceties in Washington are over. Read More

Final Word on Libya?

By: Nate Beeler 06/16/11 10:55 PM

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Lawmakers sue Obama over U.S. involvement in Libya

By: Hayley Peterson 06/15/11 9:19 AM

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are suing President Obama in federal court for engaging the U.S. military in the conflict in Libya without congressional approval. Reps. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and Walter Jones, R-N.C., filed the lawsuit on Tuesday after House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, separately sent Obama a letter demanding that he end U.S. involvement in Libya by Sunday or risk violating federal law. Read More

Hill wants Libya deal, or else

By: James Jay Carafano 06/13/11 4:53 AM

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has essentially declared that ongoing military operations in Libya are nothing for Congress to worry its pretty little head about. Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, said the Senate might not bother to vote on either of two competing Libyan resolutions. And in his confirmation hearing, the man who would be Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta told senators: Don’t worry; be happy; Gaddafi will eventually step down. Read More

Morally corrupt congressmen, here’s a handy survival guide

By: David Freddoso 06/08/11 7:09 PM

You would think the instincts that propel politicians to success also would instill in them some basic common sense. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. If members of Congress lack the good sense to read bills before voting on them, how can you be surprised when they get caught sending obscene photographs over the Internet to strangers they’ve never met? Read More