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Bernie's Platform / Take Over Congress In 2018 - (For A) BrandNewCongress.org 5 scottie55 Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 2317
Senate Committee OKs Millions to Aid Flint in Water Crisis 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1145
House Committee Votes to Require Women to Register for Draft 3 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1753
Pharmaceuticals Executives Face Harsh Words During Senate Hearing on Drug Prices 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1300
Which Oligarch Gave Hastert The Money To Pay His Victims? 4 scottie55 Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 2559
House passes bill seeking to counter extremists' recruiting pitches 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1373
White House urges Congress to move on Zika funding 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1226
House Republican leader sees Puerto Rico bill before July 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1186
House Democrats question if Valeant is wrongfully withholding records 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1243
Senator Says Fighter Program Has Been Scandal and Tragedy 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1347
Armed Services Chief Lays out Risky Strategy for Budget Hike 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1379
The Latest: Sen. Ron Johnson Blasts Border-Index Effort 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1245
Florida's Gwen Graham to leave House, considers run for governor 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1406
House leader wants review of 9/11 bill that would let Americans sue Saudis 3 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1398
Senator Hatch raps House's Puerto Rico debt bill 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1269
Court Rejects Bid to Throw out Florida Congressional Map 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1448
Puerto Rico rescue falters under attack by conservatives, investors 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1445
House Republicans push 'nightmare' abortion bill based on racial stereotypes 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1503
An open letter to the Republican Party 0 Viva_Daddy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 1284
Long-stalled email privacy bill advances in Congress 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1357
House Republicans' Puerto Rico plan could hurt 'working people': Pelosi 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1311
Paul Ryan Is Not Running for President - or Passing a Budget 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1343
Congress sends Obama bill incentivizing Zika drug development 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1479
Puerto Rico rescue debate postponed in U.S. Congress 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1173
Senate committee to take up bill on CFTC 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1324
U.S. hands over 1,100 pages of Benghazi records: House panel chairman 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1475
Justice Dept releases documents on 'Fast and Furious' gun trafficking operation 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1377
Shrinking seats: Senate beats back effort to regulate airline seat size 3 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1567
U.S. senators vote to bolster travel security in FAA bill 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1193
Dumb and Dumber: The US Public and Congress 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Apr 2016 1 1743

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Republicans offer bill to block potential Iran dollar use 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1394
White House declines to support encryption legislation - sources 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1267
Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1276
Valeant Share Plunge After CEO Subpoenaed by Congress 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1325
Civil contempt charges for Backpage in Senate's child prostitution probe 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1908
Obamacare beats sign-up expectations but GOP Congress wants to repeal 1 Nasty Jack Jan 2016 Mar 2016 1 2382
'Someone is going to die': experts warn lawmakers over self-driving cars 12 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3685
Senate blocks bill that would override state GMO labeling laws 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1510
Senators close to finishing encryption penalties legislation: sources 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1906
Senate Committee Votes to Approve New Education Secretary 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1454
Senator Shelby starts to break banking nominee logjam 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2061
Of course the GOP House doesn't want to do its job in the last eleven months of a Presidency. 2 Conch Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2955
Paul Ryan Math Challenged Hero - Save Our Nation... 2 Yallow Oct 2015 Jan 2016 0 1849
You, Too, Can Buy a Congressman! 1 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Dec 2015 1 1508
Democrats Could Use Corporate Scumbag Protection Bill To Take Back Congress 1 Yallow Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1982
Smith: Gerrymandering cripples Congress 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Nov 2015 4 1782
Hastert pleads guilty in hush money case 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1249
Senators vexed that companies could share data 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 1448
Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1477
'Infrastructure? Who Cares,' Says GOP-Led House as it Slashes Amtrak Budget 1 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Oct 2015 1 2091
Congress agrees on defense plan that would raise Navy pay, fund projects in Hampton Roads 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1775
Jane Goodall Interview: 'Even Chimps Understand Sustainability' 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1547
GOP leaders work to defuse Planned Parenthood showdown as clock ticks 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1763
Krauthammer calls for elimination of filibuster...need proof of hypocrisy 3 concreteblue Feb 2015 Aug 2015 0 2563
New Senate Bill To Let Marijuana Dispensaries Finally Access Banks 2 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 2233
Thank you, Senator Durbin for exposing University of Phoenix 4 Fritz Walter Jul 2015 Jul 2015 19 2794
Groundbreaking Legislation Would Abolish Federal Sentences for Drug Crimes (pot) 4 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 17 1978
Tom Cotton’s ‘Chickenhawk’ Taunt at Iran FM Demeans Jeb Bush, GOP Field 2 unhappycamper May 2015 May 2015 7 2246
U.S. Rep. Polis: New bills to legalize, tax marijuana at federal level 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1611
Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Su 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1519

Congress Continued...

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Obama Asks Congress to Authorize Another Endless War 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1661
After lobbying push, drugmaker resubmits women's sex pill 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1858
This is what corporatocracy looks like!: Trading US Democracy for Corporate Profits with TPP 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2036
Congress May Expand Veteran Access to Cannabis for PTSD 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1790
What would Confucius say about lack of trust in US government? 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1534
Think Tank Panel Tells House U.S. Military Faces More Challenges, Suggests Pentagon Spending Reforms 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1611
Keystone of Corruption: The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1477
Three Minutes to Midnight: Can We Turn the Clock Back in Time? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1678
McCain seeks to open U.S. domestic routes to foreign ships 1 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1728
Five Reasons Congress Should Oppose the TPP 3 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1927
Stop The Paul-Boxer Tax Holiday; It May Already Be A Job-Killer 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1909
Attn. Tea Party: ‘How Immigrants (yes, Muslims and Latinos) can save Detroit & other Cities’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1439
GOP Pres. Candidates warn Iran Nukes can hit NYC (despite No Nukes, ICBMs) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1590
'Low-life Scum' vs. 'Great American Villian' as Citizens Arrest Targets Kissinger 2 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2744
House Resolution 758 - War With Russia 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 2130
What's the Current GOP manufactured debt Crisis? Social Security Reform 0 M Kitt Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1448
The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1564
Lawmakers: Carrier fleet should be exempt from cuts 1 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1755
Refinery Lobbyist Invokes WW2-Era Quote, Calls Businesses That Donate to Environmentalists ‘Appeaser 0 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1727
Blackwater Lobbyist Will Manage the House Intelligence Committee 19 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 32 5915
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