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If a cabinet post remains unfilled? What effectively would be an administration's problems if the senate refused to confirm all of the president's nominations for one or more cabinet posts and the offices remain unfilled? Respectfully, Supposn

Is one chamber of the U.S. Congress required to vote (with or without a recording individuals’ votes), in response to every bill passed by the other chamber? Unlike a bill of impeachment, Can't the Senate ignore an act passed by the House? I’m uncertain, but I don’t believe the chambers are...

Congresswoman Pelosi is doing her duty to the nation. President Trump has left her no other decent alternative. It doesn't please that the Democratic house members will honestly vote for impeachment. I do not want impeachment not continuing to be a highly abnormal procedure within our...

Democrats regained the congressional House. Now they should immediately confront the federal minimum wage rate issue. I’m among those that advocate a minimum wage rate gradually increased to higher purchasing power and thereafter monitored and (when necessary to retain its targeted purchasing...

Train carrying GOP Congress members hits garbage truck It is sad about the injuries of those who were not congressmen, but I could not repress a twinge of Schadenfreude that the congress critters should experience a tiny bit of the injury they have condemned ordinary Americans to endure due...

Congress will return from recess facing continued gridlock as we lurch from one self-created crisis to another. We are proving inadequate not only to our most difficult problems but also to routine duties. Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to...

There are new faces, new positions, and certainly new attitudes on both sides. I see hope coming, perhaps even a measure of what was once there, the tea party is fading, democrats have a few to make them rethink, and the GOP has many. Coudl we be watching a reset?

Well I guess they want to if the read the map right. I guess question the Captain was not good enough. :D http://news.yahoo.com/congress-members-seek-investigation-shell-barge-015627015--finance.html

I found this Message good and figured I would share it with you all. http://www.prisonplanet.com/ron-pauls-new-years-message-to-congress.html

I might not agree with everything the guy says, but he has had a tremendous effect on my worldview, especially when I first started getting into politics (some of the older members like David surely remember that): q03cWio-zjk

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120301/15425317936/chipping-away-first-amendment-new-trespassing-bill-could-be-used-to-criminalize-legitimate-protests.shtml So booing Santorum will get you a year in jail, do it with a pocket knife in your pocket and you're looking at a decade. :mad:

A few members of Congress received threatening letters with a white powdery substance that was later found to be harmless. Apparently there has been a threat that 100 such letters will be sent out and 10 will have lethal powders. source...

I just cannot believe the absolute stupidity of Congress in passing the bill to extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits. Their action borders on the intelligence of one who could be classifed with a mentality of an idiot or lunatic. What they have done is to kick the proverbial can down the...

After a big debate and plenty of politics, it looks like a payroll tax cut extension will be passed today. Everyone knew it had to happen in the end, but the politics pushed it back quite a bit. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/23/us-usa-taxes-idUSTRE7B827K20111223

First, once again, Boehner is acting RINOish - he allows obama to "call" a joint session of congress, to make a political speech - what was he thinking? To add insult to injury, obama then asks congress to stop the "circus" about the economy. They let him speak on a very shakey pretext, and he...

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I was [happily] surprised to see this from Ratigan. Not on board with the national bank, but he definitely sees one of our biggest problems. 2 minutes is where his rant really begins but he makes some excellent points and it is nice to see it from a mainstream guy: P_ej552cI2E

Did you know that each time your Congressional representative receives his or her paycheck it causes the national debt to rise? Yes it most certainly does. So you see it is not only us senior citizens causing the national debt to rise but also our legislators and President as well. To be...

Governors asked Congress to pass a debt ceiling hike at their national meeting out of worries for their credit ratings. Governors of both parties signed the letter as Congress continues to push towards the August 2nd deadline...

How about the idea of holding history congress once in say 3 years or so. I am not sure whether any congress of such type is being held anywhere. If so please let me know. It should be a confluence of all history scholars and admirers.