Watch Senator John McCain Try To Teach A Republican ‘Wacko Bird’ How Laws Are Made
May 22nd, 2013Republicans spent years demanding that the Senate pass a budget. Earlier this year they did, and now a handful of Tea Party senators — including Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) — are preventing the Senate from doing what it should do next, go into conference with the House to come
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Six Facts Lost In The IRS Scandal
May 22nd, 2013by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative non-profits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture – and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider this our Top 6 list of need-to-know facts on social
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Fed Chair To Congress: It’s All Your Fault
May 22nd, 2013The stock market is testing new highs, the unemployment rate is declining and consumer confidence is at a six-year peak, but the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke wants Congress to know that things could be a lot better. Testifying Wednesday in front of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Bernake pointed out that the economy
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WATCH: Anthony Weiner Launches Campaign For New York City Mayor
May 22nd, 2013Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has officially joined the race for New York City mayor, launching his campaign with a YouTube video designed to position the Queens/Brooklyn Democrat as the candidate of the middle class. Weiner, who sparked a media circus in 2011 when he resigned his House seat after admitting that he sent
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Republican Divisions May Hinder Party’s Momentum
May 22nd, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they’d like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-leaning and more mainstream Republicans were on vivid display Tuesday as Sens. Rand Paul and John McCain clashed over Apple
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