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McConnell Will Stay Up Way Past His Bedtime for the Doomed Keystone Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is threatening to hold the Senate open until midnight...
Constructive Congress
Artist – Adam Zyglis In other news, the Department of Justice announced today that it will...
It’s All About Jobs
House Republicans introduced a 20-week abortion ban on the very first day of the new session of...
House Leaders Still Committed to Flailing at the President’s Executive Orders
Given recent events this may seem like an inopportune time to defund the Department of Homeland...
Fail of the Day: GOP Congress Can’t Pass Their Own Bill
Republicans now control both chambers of Congress so passing legislature should be easy, right...
CBO: GOP Obamacare Bill Would Increase the Deficit
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the GOP’s plan to redefine what it means to be...
Manufactured Crisis
Aside from rushing to pass a veto bound Keystone XL bill, what else did our new Republican...
Do Nothing Congress
Artist – TJ Matson In other news, the White House issued another veto threat today pledging...
White House Pledges to Veto Keystone XL Bill
White House press secretary Josh Earnest confirmed today that President Obama will veto the...
Majority Whip
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. Artist – Dave Granlund In other news, Speaker of the...
No Returns
Artist – Paul Fell In other news, the state association of Florida Court Clerks &...
Congress Clears a High (or Low) Bar, Depending on Your Perspective
Was the 113th Congress, the distinguished body which will be replaced in January, the least...
Very Serious Oversight
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) insisted that those testifying before the committee...
House GOP Votes to Pass Ted Yoho’s Scolding Bill
The House just voted to pass Representative Ted Yoho’s bill to scold the president for taking...
House GOP Will Only Fund Dept. of Homeland Security Temporarily
After the House votes on Representative Ted Yoho’s bill to symbolically scold the president...
House GOP May Vote to Wag Their Fingers at the President
The New York Times reports that House Republicans are planning to vote on a symbolic gesture to...
Poll: Americans See Failure in Congress They Just Elected
According to a new poll CNN/ORC poll, most Americans are under no illusions about the incoming...
Incoming Oversight Chairman Also Doesn’t Believe in Empirical Reality
We now have multiple reports from Republican-controlled committees that thoroughly and conclusively...
Colbert on Executive Action and GOP Pushback
Last night, Colbert warned us that immigrants are “coming for the jobs they already have...