The Capitol was locked down Thursday after shots were fired outside one of the House office buildings. Some lawmakers said seven or eight shots were fired and that they seemed to be coming from the area of the Rayburn House…
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Like most of America, Jon Stewart is angry with the GOP. One day into a government shutdown triggered by House Republicans, 800,000 workers have been furloughed and many government programs, like the Women Children and Infant’s nutritional supplement program, are…
With much of the federal government paralyzed for a second day, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders today in search of a way to end the government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling. The talks will mark the first…
And I bet they all represent members if the infamous Koch controlled Teabaggers… Tea Party. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Tuesday that there are about 30 to 40 Republicans in Congress who refuse to recognize the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency…
House Democratic Whip Stany Hoyer went on The Ed Show on Tuesday and reassured everyone that the Democrats are sticking together in opposition against the Republicans and their attacks against Obamacare. Republicans took the unprecedented step of including a defunding…
Senator Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor and renamed the Republican government shutdown for what it really is… Blackmail! This debate is not about the Affordable Care Act. That is something that should be debated, I think it’s something…
President Obama slammed House Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of shutting down the government over an “ideological crusade” on healthcare. Speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden, an irate Obama placed blame squarely on congressional Republicans and said the shutdown…
The poll taken by Quinnipiac shows that by a 3-1 margin, Americans all over this nation disagree with the government shutdown and how the Republicans have been systematically bringing this nation to its knees. American voters oppose 72 – 22…
It’s been 17-years since the Government decided to Shutdown and, low and behold, a Democrat was in the White House. Bill Clinton was in his Final Term when the Republicans decided to put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of…
Celebrating the shutting down of production on documentaries by a political party that claims to champion free speech is, at the very least, hypocritical. But that’s what the Republican Part is doing now that both HBO and NBC have put…
The Affordable Care Act also called Obamacare goes into effect today with millions of Americans taking full advantage of the program that promises to bring health coverage to the masses. Are you uninsured? Click here to sign up for the…