…take his word for it that he was being truthful about his belief. But I sort of expect that the Koch brothers and others will educate him and other congressional…

…that Obama and the congressional Dems are pushing for federal programs that would undermine creativity and initiative because they would be federal programs rather than state or local programs–or something–and…

…The answer will depend on: your income, your age, your gender, whether a past illness or injury has been labeled a pre-existing condition, who you work for, and what type…

…has made up their mind about the subjects addressed in the speech. And, by making an ideological speech, Obama made it less likely that the congressional Republicans will cooperate with…

…new record. Overall, the United States reached arms transfer agreements in 2011 totaling $66.3 billion, or nearly 78 percent of all such worldwide pacts, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research…

…a JD from Georgetown (so yes, we continue to see the elite nominating their comrades in elitedom to offices in this country). He was a congressional aide and then policy…

…they’re easy to start,” said George K. Yin, former chief of staff of the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, and now a professor at the University of Virginia School of…

…to congressional lobbyists–the equivalent of Supreme Court law clerks. Anyway, I posted a comment to run’s post, and then asked Dan to add it as an update to run’s post,…

…hostages in the first place is a series of arcane rules that give the minority undue influence. Among those rules are: Gerrymandered Congressional districts Dysfunctional filibuster rules Disproportionate Senate representation…

…Debt and Deficit Toolkit. And this post is intended to give you a start using sources provided by the official scorekeepers of such things: the U.S. Treasury, the Congressional Budget…