As if you couldn’t tell from the flurry of debates that are taking up your valuable television time, the 2012 presidential elections are almost here. Surely, there will be a decisive winner, right? But what if there isn’t? Have you ever stopped to think what might happen if the election ends in a tie? Does [...]
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The GOP-led House of Representatives voted this afternoon to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over documents related to the botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation. Today’s 255-67 vote marks the first time in American history that the head of the Justice Department has been held [...]
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Illinois Rep. Mike Bost is not very happy about the process surrounding current pension legislation, and he’s not holding back. (UPDATE: Don’t miss the Hollywood remix here!) Bost, a Republican, had a complete and total meltdown on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives as members were discussing a pension bill that had cleared [...]
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It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The House of Representatives was supposed to debate the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act last night (Thursday) and then vote on it today (Friday). As usual, though, Congress is trying to speed things up before the outcry over the questionable piece of legislation becomes to loud [...]
Yesterday, the Senate passed a plan to help salvage the struggling U.S. Postal Service in an effort that could end up saving thousands of jobs and as many as 100 mail processing plants now slated to be shut down. The Senate voted 62-37 to help save the heavily-indebted Postal Service. Without assistance, the USPS would [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Friday morning, April 20, 2012: – Lawyers in kidnapped baby case want mental evaluation – New probe in 33-year-old cold case – House faces veto threat – Discovery given to Smithsonian
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If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear over the last few months, it’s that the internet won’t be completely safe until the government runs out of acronyms. Having safely defeated SOPA and PIPA, and fatally wounded ACTA, along comes CISPA. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. [...]
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Today, President Barack Obama called for tighter controls on lawmakers in order to confront “the corrosive influence” of money and corporations in Washington D.C. as he signed into law an insider trading ban necessary to restore trust in the U.S. government. Obama said the STOCK Act made it clear that members of Congress who might [...]
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