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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."
Congresswoman: Senate wrong to take week off
A freshman House member has some pointed advice for the upper chamber: Cut your vacation short and get back to work.
Thune to stay put in Senate
Sen. John Thune said Tuesday he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination this year, making it likely no sitting senator will be part of the GOP's fray.
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.
(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?”
Poll: Public loves George but isn't crazy about his holiday
Americans have an overwhelmingly favorable view of George Washington, but very few consider the first president's birthday as a very important holiday, a new polls shows.
Photo Gallery: WI protests are all 'about the money'
Often during the Wisconsin pro-union protest this past week, the mantra heard from crowds and Wisconsin Democratic legislators is that their demands are only about losing collective bargaining power and "not about money."
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Colleges like Columbia University, who banned ROTC from their campus 42 years ago, would often cite the now repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military rule as reason to keep military recruiting off their campuses.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.
(video) Doctors signing fake sick notes for union workers in WI
Pro-Union protesters in Wisconsin directed state workers to a location where doctor's signed notes could be collected by Wisconsin union members who skipped work to protest in Madison.
Tea Party arrives in Madison to face pro-union protesters
Tea Party groups emerged in Madison, Wisconsin around the state's capitol on Saturday to counter pro-union protesters.
WI protesters find Fox News Channel's truck
A group of Wisconsin pro-union protesters found Fox News Channel's satellite truck parked outside of the state's capitol on Friday evening.
(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.
More Gov. Walker comparisons to Hitler and terrorists on WI protest signs
Union protesters continue to compare Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker to Hitler and a terrorist.
(video) WI Union protester on 'Don't tread on me' flag: Tea Party stole the design
A Wisconsin union protester told me why he believes the tea party stole the design for what looks like a Gadsden flag that he was carrying.
(video) WI Dem lawmaker defends union dues
Wisconsin Democratic Assemblyman Fred Kessler defended union dues members must pay, when I asked him if the dues hit their members too hard in the pocket.
(video) WI Dem lawmaker unsure about private sector support for union protests
Wisconsin Democratic Assemblyman Fred Kessler is unsure about whether or not the unions protests in his state are receiving any private sector support.
FDR vs. Wisconsin Teachers
President Obama is way to the left of Franklin Roosevelt when it comes to public-employee unions.
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.
House votes to eliminate funding for czars
The House of Representatives voted to pass an amendment, proposed by Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, to the H.R. 1 budget. The amendment would effectively defund the White House Czar program.
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.