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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Congress confronts Medicare cuts to doctors' fees 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1567
History tells us we should listen to Nancy.... 0 AZ Mike Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1758
Congress unlikely to act quickly to give IRS regulatory powers over tax preparers 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1878
Neocons Have Weathered the Storm 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 11 2071
Why Congress May Let Air Force Retire The A-10 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2120
Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 2230
The CIA, the Senate and the breakdown of American democracy 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1353
Army, Guard Chiefs Strive For Compromise As Subordinates Quarrel (xpost frm NSD) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1405
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1207
2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood law 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1529
McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conferenc 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1872
Big or small, spending-cut efforts hit roadblocks 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1573
House Republicans Voted Against Environmental Interests 95 Percent Of The Time In 2013 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1885
Forbes Begins Push For HASC Chair; Calls For New ‘Leadership’ 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1536
Shifting US foreign policy views force rethink by Israel lobby 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1398
Congress signals tough fight for Pentagon plan 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1438
Iran sanctions dispute hurts vets bill prospects 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1378
Senators want Swiss banking group Credit Suisse to be forced to identify tax evaders 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 1627
Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1383
Obama’s Ruse and the Shifting Views of Republicans: Will the US Let Immigrants Be? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1506
The Senator from Oz Fights Crazy with Crazy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1613
The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1483
Rep. Smith Warns Congress: Close Bases Or DoD May Do It Without Us 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1696
A 25% Cut for the Pentagon? Key Dems Say Unnecessary Defense Spending Is Crippling the U.S. and Shou 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 8 4058
Immigration Reform and Marco Rubio’s White Teeth 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1649
West Virginia Congress Considering Much Needed False Claims Act 0 GoLeft TV Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1451
Why Surging Support for Marijuana Is Hurting the Republican Party and Will For Years to Come 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1637
Dear Mr. President: Don't You Dare Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid 44 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 49 7054
U.S. foreign relations scorecard: Burkina Faso: 2 Canada: 0 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1412
The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue: Let History Speak through the Facts 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1573

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The United States Has Become a Kleptocracy 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1910
How Iraq Vets against War & Peace Groups stopped Senate bid to derail Iran Talks 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1411
Budget cuts mean IRS won’t be as helpful this tax season (xpost from Economy) 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1466
Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets (xpost from Veterans) 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1291
Debt vote in Senate kept from public view 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1345
Ted Cruz introduces bill to stop Obama, feds from ‘forcing gay marriage on all 50 states’ 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1808
Tea Party gripes: GOP leaders we’re trying to unseat ‘playing hardball’ by fighting back 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2523
Haunted by Racism 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1894
Lawmaker suggests ‘duct tape’ strategy for GOP pols: Shut up until November elections 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1784
Sen. Warren vows to push for minimum wage hike 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1533
U.S. lawmakers reach accord on paying doctors for Medicare 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1450
A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1630
House Speaker John Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1622
Congress Warns DOJ That If It Doesn't Support NSA Reform Plan, It Won't Renew Key Patriot Act Provis 9 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 17 2682
Congress to CIA: Provide US Drone Victim Count 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1397
Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 1977
Senate set to send farm bill to Obama 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1556
Tea Party: Grass roots or head in the clouds? 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1753
House panel opens probe into Navy bribery and fraud scandal 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1297
Senators vow COLA cap repeal; grocery price increases considered 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1850
House passes bill cutting $8 billion from ‘food stamps’ program (xpost from Poverty) 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1539
US Congressmen Prepare for a ‘Global War’? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1453
New 5-year farm bill would cut subsidies while slashing food stamps benefits (xpost frm Poverty) 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1728
Kaine: Put limits on terror war declaration 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1341
Congress cuts U.S. military and development aid for Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1340
Is COLA cap relief now tied to rocket or falling star? 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1358
Is Debt Limit The Next Republican Economic Sabotage? 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1501
Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1492
A Congress Of the Wealthy, By the Wealthy, and For the Wealthy 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 7 1517
Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1501

Congress Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
US Already Petrified by the Midterms 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1500
Another case of deregulation by starvation: the IRS 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1496
Congress Blocks Plan to Transfer Drone Control From CIA to Pentagon 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1564
Lawmakers move to restore Voting Rights Act 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1495
Kaine wants more say for Congress in War Powers Act 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1369
Colorado counties face money issues with federal-land payment cut 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1316
Lamborn questions use of Air Force Academy informants 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1336
White House supports Senator Rand Paul’s bill to officially end U.S. Iraq war authority 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1602
New Congressional Sanctions on Iran Will Backfire . . . on Congress 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1428
Senator Leahy Tries To Sneak Through Plans To Make Merely Talking About Computer Hacking A Serious C 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1608
Senators propose giving Obama ‘fast-track authority’ for trade deals 2 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1617
Study: Polarization and Gridlock Work Well for the Wealthiest Americans 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1435
Please email Rand Paul 0 oldandhappy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1421
Ted Rall Cartoon for December 31, 2013: Voted to Screw the Unemployed Before Talking About Not Votin 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1764
Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year end 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1825
(Ted Rall) Cartoon for December 30, 2013: Studied the Constitution. Didn’t Like It. 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 1925
Republicans: Cynical Paralysis 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1519
Congress skeptical of new Pentagon spy agency 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1474
Senators fight cuts to veteran benefits ahead of key budget test vote 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2002
Social Justice Groups Demand Congress Slash Military Budget, Spend Money on People, Peace, Planet 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1627
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