Congress
Labor pushes for highway-mass transit bill, GOP blocks
March 23, 2012The bill would approve highway and mass transit construction money for the next two years, creating tens of thousands of jobs. And civil engineers say there are now thousands of structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges.
Read moreSantorum played the clown in Puerto Rico
March 19, 2012The minute Santorum opened his mouth, he managed to infuse an unusual degree of unity in the Puerto Rican political scene, around the following concept: Santorum is an ass.
Read moreKucinich falls to right-wing gerrymandering
March 12, 2012The defeat of eight-term Congressman Dennis Kucinich in last week's Democratic primary was a huge disappointment to the voters of Cuyahoga County.
Read moreObama directive removes harshest provisions of the NDAA
March 6, 2012On Feb. 28, the president issued a directive that softened a provision in the NDAA that would have forced authorities to hold all non-Americans accused of ties to terrorism in military custody.
Read moreEnvironmental groups unite to stop Keystone XL
February 14, 2012Aactivist group 350 called on everyone to send half a million messages to the Senate by the end of the day demanding "back the President and make sure this pipeline doesn't get built."
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