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Congresswoman's Powerful Plea: "I Know What It's Like to See a Gun Pointed at You"
Hudson Hongo · 06/23/16 12:10AMRepublican Congressman Interrupts Sit-In to Shriek "Radical Islam!" a Few Times
Hudson Hongo · 06/22/16 10:36PMDemocrats Shout in Protest as Paul Ryan Attempts Regular House Business
Hudson Hongo · 06/22/16 09:45PMThe Democrats Are Boldly Fighting For a Bad, Stupid Bill
Alex Pareene · 06/22/16 03:20PMAfter Democrats in the Senate staged a filibuster in support of gun control measures, their colleagues in the House have begun a “sit-in” aimed at embarrassing Republicans into allowing a vote on a measure that would restrict the ability of suspected terrorists to legally buy guns. The move is fantastic political theater. It’s also a tremendous waste of popular support and activist energy in support of a measure that isn’t just ineffective but also actively offensive.
House Democrats Hold Sit-in to Demand Gun Control Vote
Ashley Feinberg · 06/22/16 12:11PMClose Your Porn Tabs Before Posting Screenshots to Your Congressional Campaign Page
Ashley Feinberg · 05/16/16 04:51PMFresh Out of Federal Prison, Michael Grimm Mulls a Return to Politics
Andy Cush · 05/06/16 02:45PMWhen Will the House Censure Dennis Hastert, the Child Predator Who Used to Lead It?
Andy Cush · 04/27/16 01:55PMWhen a member of the U.S. House of Representatives commits some sort of misconduct, the House is empowered to formally censure that member, holding a public hearing devoted to airing out their misdeeds. When will it censure Dennis Hastert, the former speaker who admitted today to sexually abusing children?
A Wine Retailer and Chris Matthews's Wife Spent $15.2 Million Losing the Nation's Most Expensive House Race
Brendan O'Connor · 04/27/16 12:50PMOn Tuesday, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin—a professor at American University and the husband of deputy treasury secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin—won Maryland’s 8th Congressional District Democratic primary, triumphing over both a former corporate executive married to a national television anchor, and a self-funding millionaire businessman. It was an expensive loss for them both.