Cory Booker Begins Food Stamp Challenge
Started after exchanges on twitter
Can we expand that to politicians in general?
Reps. Justin Amash and Tim Huelskamp are no longer on the Budget Committee
Paul has been holding up on amendments to the defense authorization bill
California pursues pension investments into its expensive boondoggle
To become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Politicians dither while problem continues to grow
Furniture maker says regulatory mandates are impossible to follow
John Pistole was invited to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Latest proposal rejected by Republicans
Float hit while going over tracks during parade in Texas
Not happy with responses to concerns about exorbitant travel expenditures
Died under mysterious circumstances in 1953 after unknowingly taking LSD
Because jury duty is already such a joy
It's a police state created for a politician's amusement
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the new chair of the House Judiciary committee, is a committed drug warrior.
A journalist proposes taxing the money people set aside for savings and then forcing them to save money via the government instead
So we're facing a "fiscal cliff," Ben Bernanke's term for the following things scheduled to take place on January 1, 2013.
Delta said they were unable to get 425lb Vilma Soltesz on board
Latino voting in the last election sending signals
Congressional Republicans still looking to get hands on documents
Say she should have known her comments about the Benghazi consulate attacks were not true
Senators want quick deal while House members want to demand tax code and entitlement changes
Says it was due to self-imposed deadline, not union opposition
Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has dropped his quest, on which he spent a reported $500,000, to gather signatures for a ballot initiative that would have replaced defined-benefit pensions for city employees with 401(k)-style defined-contribution plans.
Normally you'd say, "The seat is still warm," but given he's been gone for health reasons for months ...
In a press release strangely devoid of any mention of anyone being victimized or defrauded, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces it is suing Intrade, the famous "prediction market" business, based in Ireland.
Claims company executives misled on bad acquisitions that lost billions
Republicans fear Democrats would use changes to consolidate power
The FBI is conducting its own investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent himself