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US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-DOJ lawyer Liz Oyer over congressional testimony, letter shows 10 Eugene Apr 7 Apr 9 16 1037

Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly 5 Eugene Apr 6 Apr 6 6 655

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election 1 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 1 349

GOP senators push ahead on Trump's tax cuts package and delay big decisions for later 2 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 1 381

House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion 1 Eugene Apr 1 Apr 1 7 404

GOP lawmaker to file censure resolution against Crockett over Abbott comments 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 4 582

Congress Live Net Worth Tracker 1 littlemissmartypants Mar 24 Mar 24 4 413

Chuck Grassley's community gave him an earful. 5 mahina Mar 22 Mar 23 9 787

Make them own it 1 MaineBlueBear Mar 20 Mar 20 5 526

I have a question for the smart people 4 JMCKUSICK Mar 14 Mar 14 2 624

Democrats seek to probe Musk conflicts and DOGE firings with resolutions of inquiry in the House 2 Eugene Mar 4 Mar 11 3 342

Greene threatens criminal referrals at House DOGE hearing 0 Eugene Feb 28 Feb 28 4 566

How Trump Bullied MAGA Rep. Into Changing Her Vote on Budget Bill 4 Eugene Feb 28 Feb 28 5 591

House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts 9 Eugene Feb 26 Feb 26 6 652

TYT Investigates - Rep. Balint Calls Out The Trump Admin For Removing The Word "Women" From Federal Research 3 ihaveaquestion Feb 20 Feb 20 7 576

Conservative ire threatens to jeopardize key vote on Trump agenda bill 1 Eugene Feb 3 Feb 3 4 665

Trump's push for quick passage of 'one powerful bill' meets realities on Capitol Hill 3 Eugene Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1046

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 366

John Bonifaz--a constitutional law expert and President of Free Speech For People 2 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 735

Tell the Senate: Don't Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits (EFF) 0 usonian Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 668

Rep. Moskowitz's Statement: Republicans' Dismantle DEI Act 0 ihaveaquestion Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1069

Please tell me Democrats; WHAT EXACTLY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR? 3 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 1021

CrowdStrike to apologize for global IT outage in congressional testimony 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 731

US House votes to bar new DJI drones as 'China week' gets underway 1 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 775

New documents show how disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz was unfairly tarred 1 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 7 1144

Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89 0 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 743

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) 5 notemason Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1595

GOP House members quit, call colleagues stupid, crazy. 12 SarahD Feb 2024 Feb 2024 28 2515

House Democrats question Johnson's invitation of far-right preacher known for anti-LGBTQ views 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 796

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Slams GOP Border Demands In Exchange For Ukraine Aid 1 littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1810

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Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1954

Schumer Begins Confirming Massive Number Of Military Promotions After Tuberville Ends Block - Forbes Breaking News 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 1210

Immigration talks collapse, threatening to sink aid to Israel and Ukraine 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1796

Hispanics warn of dangerous trap in Ukraine-for-border talks 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1372

Bipartisan AI bill unveiled 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1004

Democrat Schools Lauren Boebert In Awkward House Floor Debate 7 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 2555

McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1257

Rep. George Santos has support of new Speaker Mike Johnson in expulsion fight -- for now 3 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2351

New York Republicans to push ahead with resolution to expel George Santos from House 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2118

Across the Desk - S8:E14 (GOP - The Chaos & Dysfunction Continues) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 918

The Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan on the third ballot -- including 3 new votes against him 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2411

Republican women are angry that they won't be able to wear that new dress! 1 New Haven Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1802

Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked a 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 2512

Top Democrat demands ethics panel's findings from Santos investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1090

Senators could be forced to ram through some military nominations soon 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 3538

US wildland firefighter pay threatened by Republican feud in Congress 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1171

House Oversight Committee member asks chairman to refer Dan Snyder to the DOJ for investigation 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 3712

House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2739

House Republicans plan to hold Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1288

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman appears to slam Paul over block on State Department nominees 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2340

Indiana Republican pledges to vote against advancing GOP bills if McCarthy doesn't enact spending re 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 3934

House Ethics Committee requests interviews, documents in reopened Gaetz probe 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 2534

Senate examines role of 'dark money' in delaying climate action 0 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1113

FBI to bring internal Biden-related document to Capitol Hill and brief House Oversight leaders 2 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 2781

George Santos - much worse than you thought. 1 appmanga May 2023 May 2023 7 4040

Is there another prefix we can use for Representative other than Rep? 4 housecat May 2023 May 2023 1 3858

Senate Democrats Ask Crow to Detail His Gifts to Justice Thomas 3 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 8 2172

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What's under consideration 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 1 2279

McTurtle 2 Jaydog Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 1828

Since the GOP Congress thinks Twitter has no freedom of speech... 1 ECL213 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 5020

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The House has a speaker. Here's what comes next 4 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 2144

McCarthy gives Trump credit for victory: "He was all in" 3 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 3591

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans 5 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 3542

Marjorie Greene And Lauren Boebert Get Personal In Very Public Spat 9 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 23 4697

Anti-Abortion Republicans Block Bill To Give Pregnant Workers Basic Accommodations 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 3020

House Ethics Panel Fines Madison Cawthorn for Crypto Shenanigans 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1330

Senate poised to pass bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages 0 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 2154

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma could get first delegate to Congress in 200 years 5 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 3767

Busting the Filibuster 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1321

We need a constitutional amendment on voting 1 Tatertot Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 3168

Crash that killed Rep. Walorski blamed on failed passing try 3 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 3287

Manchin Says He May Need 20 GOP Votes for Energy-Permitting Plan 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 2582

GOP Plans to Deploy Obscure Rule (Byrd Rule) as Weapon Against Spending Bill 4 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 4584

AR-15 style guns sold as a sign of manhood as shootings rise 3 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1907

Anger as Republicans block bill to help military veterans exposed to toxins 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2427

I am SO fucking sick and tired of these stories not providing the truth in their headlines 1 Scalded Nun Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 4006

McConnell gets GOP backup in his move to snarl bipartisan U.S.-China bill 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 2921

Panel to connect Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in Capitol attack conspiracy 0 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 2746

Democrats ending up with 50 US Senate seats in 2023 is trading 3 nkpolitics1212 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1974

White House hires Richard Sauber to defend Biden administration from future GOP investigations 5 LessAspin May 2022 May 2022 7 4340

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