Tag: Congress

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Representative Geoff Davis of Kentucky's "one-minute" speech: Thanks to Ankle Biting Pundits for the pointer....

Harry Reid is determined to force a withdrawal from Iraq by next year even if it means cutting off the funds, according to Ann Flaherty of the Associated Press: …