How the Iowa Caucuses Really Work

Jim Cook 1/3/2012
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How the Iowa Caucuses Work (Infographics make it more Reel): Republicans, you’re trying not to bring up the Gold Standard. Democrats, you’re wondering why you’re there.

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Jeff Landry Takes Cash From Offshore Drilling, Demands Obama Allow More Drilling

The Green Man 9/9/2011
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Is it any wonder that Congressman Jeff Landry held up a sign saying “Drilling = Jobs” at the Obama speech last night? Landry got his job in Congress using money from offshore drilling companies!

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International Paper Dodges Taxes, Pays Its CEO A Fortune, And Buys Members Of Congress

Peregrin Wood 8/31/2011
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Embodied in International Paper is a representation of a complex system of concentration of wealth, taking money away from American workers and away from the American government, into the hands of a very small number of comfortable executives. Our U.S. Congress has allowed itself to become part of this system.

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American Action Network Violates Campaign Finance Law. Who Benefitted?

Peregrin Wood 8/29/2011
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Bob Dold of the Illinois 10th congressional district, Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district, and Rick Crawford of the 1st congressional district of Arkansas were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with the help of the hidden massive campaign spending by the American Action Network.

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Bobby Schilling Vs. Reality: Taxes and Employment, 1967-2011

Jim Cook 6/20/2011
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We can create permanent jobs by cutting taxes to let Americans spend and invest their hard-earned money. If you have more money in your pocket, you can buy more goods and services, which will stimulate the economy and infuse jobs …

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Kathy Hochul Likely To Be Another Blue Dog

jclifford 3/21/2011
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Democrat Kathy Hochul has been selected to run for Congress, but her Blue Dog approach to economic issues suggests that she will have trouble in the long run, even if she wins this year’s special election.

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Fiscal Restraint? Vast Majority of Tea Party in Congress votes Against $56 Billion Spending Cut

Jim Cook 3/2/2011
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On February 18, six members of the U.S. House of Representatives — Barbara Lee, Jerrold Nadler, Jared Polis, Loretta Sanchez, Pete Stark and Lynn Woolsey — introduced H.Amdt 150 as an amendment to the Republicans’ main spending bill, H.R. 1. …

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Given Power, House Republicans Go Mosque Silent

Rowan 2/17/2011
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Not one single bill has been written by any member of either house of Congress to do anything to stop any mosque anywhere from being built. I don’t have a problem with that. I wonder how the Tea Party zealots feel about it, though.

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Roll Call Accountability Time: Tea Party Senators and the Patriot Act (Feb. 2011)

Jim Cook 2/15/2011
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15 Members of the U.S. Senate have a verifiable connection to the Tea Party, gaining a campaign boost by participating in the Tea Party Caucus or getting an endorsement from Tea Party Express or FreedomWorks in the 2010 elections. Each …

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How did “Tea Party” Members Endorsed by FreedomWorks Vote on the Patriot Act 2-8-11?

Jim Cook 2/13/2011
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The Patriot Act is a nearly ten-year old law that permits searches and seizures to be carried out on American soil without the warrants establishing probable cause required by the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Patriot Act powers have …

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Tea Party Express Endorsed Them. How Did they Vote on the Patriot Act 2-8-11?

Jim Cook 2/10/2011
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Yesterday, we noted for the record how many members of the Tea Party Caucus voted for and against H.R. 514 (reauthorization of the Patriot Act) on February 8, 2011. The outcome was not favorable for an organization claiming to represent …

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John Boehner: 57% Electile Dysfunction Rate (And How He’ll Get it Back Up)

Jim Cook 2/8/2011
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During his fall 2010 campaign to retake Congress for the Republican Party, House Minority Leader John Boehner decried the dysfunction of a House in which the Rules are repeatedly ignored: Leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. Legislators duck …

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#14 Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Amendments, Schmamendments

Jim Cook 1/19/2011
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In 2010, the Republican Party complained that the Democratic Party could no longer be trusted in Congress because it brought up bills for votes without letting the opposition bring up amendments for consideration. The House GOP “Pledge to America” in …

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Heath Shuler Looks to Corporate Lobbyist Tim Rupli to Reinvigorate Blue Dogs

Jim Cook 1/14/2011
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Congressman Heath Shuler of North Carolina is doing his darndest to resurrect the House Blue Dog coalition, a conservative caucus that lost a large share of its members in the 2010 election,. But where can Heath Shuler go to invigorate …

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Kaptur Proposes Constitutional Amendment Establishing Campaign Finance Limits

jclifford 1/13/2011
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Marcy Kaptur’s amendment to the Constitution would establish congressional authority to regulate campaign finance.

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Too Little, Too Late: After loss of Judiciary Gavel, John Conyers wants a Civil Liberties Commission

Jim Cook 1/6/2011
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After asking Congress for a year to reform the Patriot Act, John Conyers did no such thing, even though as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that was his job more than anybody else’s in the House of Representatives. He …

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Investigating U.S. Chamber of Commerce For Pushing Foreign Money In US Politics

Rowan 12/27/2010
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Given that independent expenditures related to congressional campaigns are now legal, and the sources of the money used to pay for these expenditures are allowed to remain secret, does the Department of Justice have grounds for a criminal investigation?

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People Start Looking for Alternatives to Obama in Bumper Stickers

Jim Cook 12/22/2010
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Before the 2010 congressional elections, bumper stickers, buttons and shirts in support of President Barack Obama dominated sales of our 2012 presidential items, with only a smattering of sales for alternative candidates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton most prominent among …

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