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Sen. Scott Brown starts a 16-city book tour this week, promoting "Against All Odds," his memoir revealing his own childhood abuse and hardship. (Harper Collins)

Inside Politics

Sen. Brown no 'social crusader'

Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown, an original tea party darling who has broken at times with the conservative movement since winning a special election last year, further distanced himself from the tea party Tuesday by saying "I'm not a social crusader."

Inside Politics

Pelosi's constitutional authority

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has submitted her first two bills of the new Congress and she is taking seriously Republicans' new requirement that all bills cite the appropriate constitutional authority that gives lawmakers the power to act.

Water Cooler

(video) Allen West to CAIR rep: Don't try and blow sunshine up my butt

Congressman Allen West, Florida Republican, hosted a townhall meeting on Monday in Pompano Beach and was confronted by the executive director of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nezar Hamze. With a Koran in his hand, Mr. Hamze asked the Florida Congressman, "Can you show me one verse in this Koran where it says to attack America. attack Americans, or attack innocent people?”

Water Cooler

University's hate for military was never about DADT

Colleges like Columbia University, who banned ROTC from their campus 42 years ago, would often cite the now repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military rule as reason to keep military recruiting off their campuses. Too many Americans accepted the phony and hypocritical nature of this argument. In one instance colleges wanted homosexuals to serve openly in the military, yet in the next instance post DADT repeal, college students and faculty are still harassing military recruiters for being the military.

Water Cooler

(video) Gov. Walker on protesters: We can't let them drown out voices of millions in WI

Thousands of pro-union protesters emerged in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday to oppose a bill proposed by Republican Governor Scott Walker that would strip public unions of collective bargaining power. Mr. Walker addressed the press in the early evening in his office at the Capitol. For those wondering, I took a photo from the the governor's press room. Video clips of the governor's press conference are included in this post.

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Democrats say 'Obamacare' is an insult

The House spending debate has turned to a discussion of whether to defund Democrats' new health care law, and several Republicans have called it "Obamacare" in their House speeches. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, says that's insulting, and a violation of the House rules.

Water Cooler

Wisconsin Dems flee state to avoid union bill vote

In order to avoid being called to debate and vote on Wisconsin Republican Governor's Scott Walker's budget, that would strip public unions of collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers fled their state today and bussed themselves out to a local Best Western hotel in Rockford, Illinois.