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Rep. Paul D. Ryan Elected Speaker of the House, God Help Him
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/29/15 10:15AMPaul Ryan Declares Candidacy for Speaker of the House
Brendan O'Connor · 10/22/15 05:40PMHouse Speaker Race Beset By Chaos, Weeping, Romney
Ashley Feinberg · 10/08/15 01:46PMKevin McCarthy, who up until a few hours ago had been the clear frontrunner, has pulled out of the race to replace the retiring John Boehner as Speaker of the House. And now, Congress has descended into hell’s most tearful, mind-numbing pit of fiery chaos. [Updated]
Kevin McCarthy Suddenly Drops out of Race for Speaker, Makes People Cry
Jay Hathaway · 10/08/15 11:40AMDon't Cry For John Boehner
Alex Pareene · 09/25/15 02:01PMCongress Finally Loses Its Persistent Boehner
Jay Hathaway · 09/25/15 08:54AMJohn Boehner, the orange in a necktie who had recently emerged as the relative voice of sanity in a budget battle that’s been stalled out by his Republican party’s far right wing, will leave Congress and resign as Speaker of the House in October. The New York Times broke the news, citing aides in Boehner’s office.
Bless Her Sole: CNN Accidentally Catches Woman Plotting to Throw Shoe at the Pope
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/24/15 10:45AMHillary Clinton to Testify Before Congress About Benghazi Emails
Brendan O'Connor · 07/25/15 03:10PMRepublican Senator on Hot Mic: Lindsey Graham Is "a Bro With No Ho"
Adam Weinstein · 06/11/15 02:09PMBusting the spectre of communism is hard enough without your boys ragging you for still being single. But still, alleged presidential candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) must endure moments like the one today when a colleague’s quip about Graham’s luck with the “hoes” got picked up on a nearby mic.
Three Key Patriot Act Provisions Temporarily Expire in Senate Standoff
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/01/15 12:06AMTechnically, three key provisions of the Patriot Act governing what data the NSA can collect and how expired tonight after Rand Paul bested Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell at his own procedural game. Whether the NSA will actually stop while Congress attempts to pass a new bill is apparently another story.
Why Did Dennis Hastert Pay All That Hush Money? Feds: "It Was About Sex"
Adam Weinstein · 05/29/15 03:10PMAnti-Corporate Hero Alan Grayson Keeps Millions in Offshore Tax Shelters
Adam Weinstein · 05/14/15 11:44AMWhy did Alan Grayson call a reporter a “shitting robot” yesterday? Because that reporter learned the liberal populist hero Florida congressman, worth somewhere south of $100 million, keeps as much as a quarter of his wealth in “hedge funds in the Cayman Islands” where foreign investors can dodge U.S. taxes.
Conservatives Vote to Cut Amtrak Funding Day After Crash
Ashley Feinberg · 05/13/15 05:35PMCongressman Calls Reporter a "Shitting Robot," Mulls Run for Senate
Adam Weinstein · 05/13/15 12:00PMRep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), one of the wealthiest anti-corporate corporatists in Congress, may possibly run for Marco Rubio’s open Senate seat. Nothing’s certain! Except that Alan Grayson, one of the most obnoxious members of an obnoxious Congress, will make an ass of himself. Just look what he did today.
For Just $2,500 You Can Chill With a Congressman at a Taylor Swift Show
Hudson Hongo · 05/09/15 05:00PMD.A. Who Failed to Indict Eric Garner's Killer Elected to Congress
Hudson Hongo · 05/05/15 10:05PMStaten Island district attorney Daniel Donovan has won a special election for the house seat left open by disgraced congressman Michael Grimm, who pled guilty to felony tax evasion in December, The New York Times reports. Donovan is the same D.A. whose office failed last year to secure an indictment for Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner.
Aleksander Chan · 03/27/15 07:01AM
After three decades in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced today he won't be seeking re-election next year. Reid told the New York Times that he's been contemplating retiring "for months," and that his decision was not motivated by injuries sustained in a bizarre exercise accident earlier this year.