Headlines matching 'congress'
Sat March 20, 2010
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Teabaggers conduct a civil, high-minded conversation at todays protest at the capitol, just kidding, they shout the n-word at congressman John Lewis, a civil-rights hero (huffingtonpost.com)
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Not news: Constituent calls Congressman's office to voice his opinion on health care. News: Staffer hangs up, calls Capital Police on him. Fark: Capital Police tells staffer to STFU and take the call (biggovernment.com)
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Fri March 19, 2010
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Republican Congressman denounces "War of Yankee Aggression" on the floor of the House of Representatives (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)
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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) educates all the old squares in Congress and all the emo whippersnappers on You Tube with an emotional tribute to his friend Alex Chilton on the House floor (youtube.com)
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While everyone was arguing about Healthcare reform, Congress quietly proposed the biggest deficit reduction bill since 1993 (dailykos.com)
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Arguing in favor of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," former NATO SAC tells Congress that gay Dutch soldiers directly caused the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. Here comes the sci- Wait, what? (wonkroom.thinkprogress.org)
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Thu March 18, 2010
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Thousands, or possibly less than 300, enraged Tea Partiers descend on the offices of the evil Congressional Democrats who are destroying their country and ..well, find them terribly polite and quite nice actually (politico.com)
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Wed March 17, 2010
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The sage grouse is facing extinction. Congressman Jacob Chaffetz of Utah (R-d) "The only place the sage grouse belongs is on the menu of a French bistro" (nytimes.com)
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Taliban cleric calls for overthrow of US government. What's that? I'm sorry; make that "US Congressman Steve King calls for overthrow of US government." (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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Tue March 16, 2010
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Flight Attendants want Congress to limit carry-on bag size because people are not wanting to pay for baggage. If only there was some way to have the same outcome without legislation, perhaps a repeal of some prior policy (kstp.com)
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Sun March 14, 2010
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WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) of World War 2 finally recognized after 60 years with the Congressional Gold Medal. Subby has something in his eye (examiner.com)
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Fri March 12, 2010
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Conservatives demand a new constitutional amendment to force Congress to be subject to the health care laws they pass. Unaware of section 1312 of said bill, which does that already. But no matter, FIX OLD NO NEW (voices.washingtonpost.com)
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Thu March 11, 2010
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According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Obama's health reform initiative will increase the deficit by $118 billion. What's that? I'm sorry, that's DECREASE the deficit by $118 billion (rawstory.com)
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Most ethical Congress ever blocks further investigation into Rep. Massa scandal (news.yahoo.com)
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Wed March 10, 2010
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According to a new AP poll, Obama is more popular than Congress, Roman Polanski, lepers, swine flu, hurtz donuts, Toyota engineers (news.yahoo.com)
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Tue March 09, 2010
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Cisco just invented a new router that can download the entire Library of Congress in one second, every movie ever made in four minutes, all the porn on the internet in 69 years (finance.yahoo.com)
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Former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) accomplished little in his year-plus in Congress, sexually harassed a male staffer and was pressured to resign. So, naturally, Beck and Limbaugh consider him a hero (politico.com)
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Mon March 08, 2010
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With out of control spending and approval ratings in the teens, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D), introduces a bill to cut congress salaries by 5% (foxnews.com)
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Fri March 05, 2010
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Good news: only 36,000 people lost their jobs today. Bad news: members of congress still employed (voices.kansascity.com)
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Now that Israel and Turkey are all pissy at each other, Turkey can't get the U.S. pro-Israeli lobby to ensure the U.S. congress doesn't accuse Turkey of an Armenian Genocide (jpost.com)
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Wed March 03, 2010
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What your children will learn in history class: "Single-term President Barack Obama sacrificed his second term to push Health Care through Congress for the benefit of the American people" (reuters.com)
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Thanks, Congress. Toyota's now so desperate for customers it's offering 0 percent financing, and American car companies have to follow, eliminating all the interest they earn, and badly need, from financing loans (theatlantic.com)
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Tue March 02, 2010
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Obama adopts several GOP ideas from healthcare summit in his proposal to congresss. GOP outraged because, well, BECAUSE because. That's why (content.usatoday.com)
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Mon March 01, 2010
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Disgraced congressman Mark Foley is now selling his furniture in order to pay the bills. Apparently there is an "array of elephant-themed paraphernalia, no doubt bittersweet reminders of Foley's political past" (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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Congressional candidate Barb Davis White (R-MN): "Rosa Parks did not move to the front of the bus to support sodomy." (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)
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Thu February 25, 2010
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WellPoint CEO testifies before Congressional Death Panel. The execution was televised (abcnews.go.com)
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Wed February 24, 2010
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If you had 11 days in the "How long will it take Congress to ignore the new PAYGO law" pool, collect your prize (washingtontimes.com)
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2/3 of Americans think that the Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to cooperate with President Obama, according to an new national poll that was obviously produced by the liberal, Obama-loving media (cnn.com)
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Tue February 23, 2010
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Toyota to tell Congress that it's not electronics causing acceleration problems, but floor mats and gas pedals and cementheads who step on the wrong pedal (nytimes.com)
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Mon February 22, 2010
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Union and liberal groups decry "small, puny" $15 billion jobs bill, want Congress to shake taxpayers upside-down until at least $180 billion falls out (thehill.com)
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Fri February 19, 2010
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Ric Romero enters national health care discussion. "Current health care proposals in Congress have not been finalized. In the meantime, consumers can turn to the Internet to shop for health insurance" (abclocal.go.com)
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Tue February 16, 2010
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Why does Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison refuse to meet with the man who called him "more dangerous to American values than terrorist attacks?" What are you trying to hide Mr. Ellison? (corner.nationalreview.com)
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Mon February 15, 2010
Sun February 14, 2010
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It took the AP less than 24 hours to tie the Seattle cop shooter to Mike Huckabee, but they still haven't tied the Alabama prof. shooter to a Democrat Congressman who let her off after she shot her brother (newsbusters.org)
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Title: "Pondering a Congress without the Kennedy family" Subtext: Do you really want Massachusetts representatives being *sober* during their votes? (boston.com)
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James Traficant could be dipping his toe into the pool of congressional candidates this fall. No word yet if he will run as an independent or Wig (vindy.com)
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Sat February 13, 2010
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GOP strategy: Tie up Senate to make Americans sick of Congress so they will elect more Republicans. And it just might work (dailykos.com)
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Fri February 12, 2010
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Patrick Kennedy announces retirement, meaning that 2011 will be the first year since 1947 that no Kennedys are in Congress (washingtonpost.com)
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Thu February 11, 2010
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A running track of all the filibusters so far this Congress. Come for the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act, stay for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act (senate.gov)
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Remember how the Democrats in Congress would say that raising the minimum wage would help Americans and actually create jobs? Um, yeah, about that (thestarpress.com)
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Wed February 10, 2010
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You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that the IQ of Congress will drop another 80% this fall with the retirement of its only nuclear physicist representative (congress.blogs.foxnews.com)
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Tue February 09, 2010
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Congress can only agree on one thing these days: that weenie in the White House calling for bipartisanship is getting in the way of their bickering and he should really stop that (washingtontimes.com)
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You know that big GOP congressional landslide that's supposed to happen in 2010? Well new polling data shows that Latino voters will decide at least 40 races next year. Looks like the GOP picked the wrong decade to play the xenophobia card (news.yahoo.com)
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Sun February 07, 2010
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"Passing health reform without any Republican votes is an electoral suicide pact and should not be an option." (realclearpolitics.com)
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Thu February 04, 2010
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No, Obama is not going to do any more British parliament-style open question forums for congressmen, because it makes too much sense and is too informative to the American public, and they're not ready for that (huffingtonpost.com)
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Wed February 03, 2010
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Rahm Emmanuel will host a group of special needs people at the White House. The hard part will be telling them apart from the Congressional delegations (blogs.wsj.com)
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Tue February 02, 2010
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Congress set to pass law requiring pilots to live where they work. You know, like plantation workers before the civil war (businessweek.com)
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Mon February 01, 2010
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New musical about teenage sexuality, featuring nudity and simulated sex acts, opens in Fort Myers. Surprisingly, some people have a problem with this (winknews.com)
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Sun January 31, 2010
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof*" *offer only applies to monotheists in CA (stltoday.com)
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Top ranking Republican admits they have no interest in bipartisanship. Congressional Dems will still grovel for approval (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)
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Sat January 30, 2010
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Obama meets with congressional Republicans; Fark political thread breaks out (foxnews.com)
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Having closed Guantanamo, convinced Congress to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, and persuaded Iran to drop its nuclear program, Obama plans to get Justice Department to investigate the BCS (seattlepi.com)
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Fri January 29, 2010
Thu January 28, 2010
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Supreme Court Justice Alito's "You Lie" moment during the SOTU (w/ video) (politico.com)
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Wed January 27, 2010
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Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named........Lester Flatt; original Bluegrass Boy and genre master honored by congress (npr.org)
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Tue January 26, 2010
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Most jobs you get in trouble for spending your time on Facebook, but apparently Congressional Republicans are avid Farmville players (politifact.com)
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Fri January 22, 2010
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Fearing campaign funding will get worse after SCOTUS decision, corporate CEOs tell Congress to quit calling them for contributions, to publically fund elections instead (abcnews.go.com)
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"You won't have any more senators from Kansas or Oregon, you'll have senators from Cheekies and Exxon. Maybe we'll have to wear corporate logos like Nascar drivers" said the Congressman (rawstory.com)
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Thu January 21, 2010
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NFL players ask Congress to help prevent a lockout in 2011. Hey, it's not like Congress has more important things to do (sports.yahoo.com)
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Tue January 19, 2010
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Six logical fallacies that cost you money every day. List would have been 1,000,006 logical fallacies that cost you money every day, but authors opted not to mention Congress (cracked.com)
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Researchers say bacteria have complex decision-making abilities. Right. They say that about Congress, too (upi.com)
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Wed January 13, 2010
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President Obama plans on asking Congress for an even bigger war budget than President Bush. Suck it Nobel Committee (news.yahoo.com)
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Mon January 11, 2010
Fri January 08, 2010
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That's a nice Congressional seat you got there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it (nypost.com)
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Wed January 06, 2010
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Just 32 percent of voters believe their congressman is representing their best interests, while the other 68 percent aren't lobbyists for agriculture or defense industries (rasmussenreports.com)
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Mon January 04, 2010
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Problem: You're a Blue Dog Democratic Congressman from Alabama. Solution: Switch parties. Problem: You're a Republican Congressman from Alabama and your entire staff has resigned because you switched parties (dailykos.com)
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Sat January 02, 2010
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"The Constitution does not give Congress the power to require that Americans purchase health insurance." (online.wsj.com)
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Skipping what has become a 40-year tradition, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledges the many "fellow citizens... touched by hardship," declines to ask for a raise for (underpaid) federal judges in his annual report (washingtonpost.com)
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Fri January 01, 2010
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Congressmen brag that they oppose the "failed" stimulus then take credit for stimulus money sent to their districts. Obvious trumps amusing, asinine, fail, ironic, sad, and sick (thinkprogress.org)
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Thu December 31, 2009
Wed December 30, 2009
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Twenty-five new films added to the Library of Congress's film registry, including Dog Day Afternoon, Pillow Talk, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and for some inexplicable reason, The Muppet Movie (variety.com)
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Tue December 29, 2009
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National Republican Congressional Committee chairman to billionaire Ponzi schemer: "I love you and believe in you" (dailykos.com)
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Sat December 26, 2009
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Washington influence peddlers on track to shatter last year's record $3.3 billion spent lobbying Congress. That's change we hoped we wouldn't have to believe in (politico.com)
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Thu December 24, 2009
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New Jersey asks MTV to cancel Jersey Shore. Rest of the country asks Congress to cancel New Jersey (msnbc.msn.com)
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Wed December 23, 2009
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Census data shows Minnesota might lose a Congressional seat. We, the citizens of Minnesota, hereby offer up Michele Bachmann for this sacrifice (startribune.com)
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Tue December 22, 2009
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Freshman Dem congressman from VA: "My ultimate goal is not to get reelected. It's to know that I did the best damn job I could representing the people of the 5th District and making a difference." (washingtonpost.com)
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Another Congressman switches parties. He's going from Democrat to Republican. Wait, really? :checks: Yup, really (politico.com)
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Island of Vanatu was populated 3,000 years by people without heads, making them the root genetic ancestors of... members of Congress? Dancing with the Stars viewers? Sports fans in Philadelphia? So many jokes, so little headline (sciencedaily.com)
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President Obama will ask Congress to give NASA an additional $1 Billion next year for its manned spaceflight program (blogs.sciencemag.org)
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Sat December 19, 2009
Fri December 18, 2009
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Paul Krugman, August, 2009: "Congressmen hanged in effigy... is something new and ugly." Paul Krugman, December, 2009: "By all means, hang Senator Joe Lieberman in effigy." (reason.com)
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Thu December 17, 2009
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The national debt has, "at least numerically," surpassed the new limit set by Congress just last week. "At least numerically"? Do we owe New Zealand a couple billion tons of sheep or something, too? (cbsnews.com)
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Obama warns that if Congress doesn't pass Obamacare, the nation's going to go bankrupt. What he didn't mention is that if we don't reduce the deficit and cut spending it's going to go bankrupt regardless (online.wsj.com)
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Mon December 14, 2009
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Bill introduced in Congress that would rescind the automatic Congressional pay raise slated for 2011 (thehill.com)
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Three things Obama and Congress can do now to save jobs: Repeal sugar subsidies, end prevailing wage requirements, and reduce the minimum wage. They could also enact the Don't Hold Your Breath Act of 2009 (washingtonpost.com)
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Sat December 12, 2009
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Dear Congressman, your office is too inconveniently located for us to protest at. Please move it to a better location so we can more easily call you a Marxist. Sincerely yours, teabaggers (thehill.com)
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Congress: "Maybe we shouldn't give taxpayer money to ACORN to give to pimps." Liberal Activist Judges: "LOL, nice try, here's some cash, ACORN." Citizens: "Uh, what about democracy?" (salon.com)
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Fri December 11, 2009
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Talk about damning with faint praise: Joe Biden calls Chris Dodd (D-irty rotten scoundrel) "the single-most gifted legislator in Congress" (politico.com)
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Thu December 10, 2009
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That survey you filled out on Facebook/Myspace games that gave you free in-game currency was used to send an e-mail to congress asking them to oppose health care reform (businessinsider.com)
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Mon December 07, 2009
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And these are the people we trust to "reform" health care? Congress passes rules to stop lobbyist-paid junkets, then gets around them through loopholes (nytimes.com)
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"It took nearly 150 years for Congress to pass a resolution apologizing for slavery. We should apologize now to future generations for what we've done and are doing to America." (townhall.com)
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Sun December 06, 2009
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Pollster: When I asked "Who comes to mind when you think of Congress?" you responded "Satan". Why is that? Citizen: "Because I wasn't sure of the correct spelling of "Beelzebub" (nationaljournal.com)
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Fri December 04, 2009
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Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-umbass-MS) is involved in an extortion plot involving credit card companies. Priceless (msnbc.msn.com)
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Democrats in Congress: Hey, we'd like to co-sponsor your joke amendment to the health reform bill forcing Congress onto the public option, because we think the public option is actually pretty good. Republicans: Psych (thinkprogress.org)
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Thu December 03, 2009
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Mammogram debate prompts cleavage in Congress (news.yahoo.com)
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That change you were looking for has arrived as it is now apparently OK for Executive branch employees to refuse to testify before Congress (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Imelda Marcos registers to run for Philippines congress. Observers say she is a shoe-in (news.bbc.co.uk)
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Tue December 01, 2009
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Congress allows companies to hide losses and use accounting tricks for another decade. What could possibly go wrong? (cfo.com)
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If you're going to piss off the President of the United States by crashing his first State Dinner you might as well get in some practice before hand by crashing the Congressional Black Caucus Awards Dinner (myfoxdc.com)
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Tue November 24, 2009
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DoJ investigation of former AG Gonzales finds his testimony ""confusing," "incomplete' and had the "effect of misleading" both Congress and the public" but no charges will be filed (rawstory.com)
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Tired of Wasilla getting all the mockery, Juneau couple break neighbors' window, taunt them, then have sex in front of them (fdlreporter.com)
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