If Tina Stone and her comrades had not been so gullible, if they had known that they can look up any piece of congressional legislation at thomas.loc.gov, the Hutarees might have calmed down, realized that they were living in a world of paranoid delusion, and avoided an FBI raid.

Not one of these members of Congress issued any statement at all about the arrests of Hutarree Christian radicals over the weekend, or the indictments of these radicals on charges of conspiracy to wage war against the federal government. Why?

In the fall of 2009, five American citizens were arrested in Lackawanna, New York on terrorism charges. The only weapon found in these men’s possession was a rifle in one of their homes. No plot for attacks of any sort by the men was uncovered, either before the arrests or afterward. Eventually, they were convicted [...]

Instead of meeting with constituents, Bob Latta and Duncan Hunter decided to stay in Washington D.C. to meet with lobbyists and PAC representatives at a Bon Jovi Concert tomorrow night.

In the first eleven months of the 111th Congress, 276 Congressional Member Organizations — more familiarly known as “caucuses” — registered with the Committee on House Administration as the rules of the House require. A caucus focuses members of Congress on a subject, be it broad (the Water Caucus), narrow (the Congressional Caucus to Pass [...]

Will the last Senator in the Capitol please turn the sunshine off? When the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee called together a public subcommittee hearing this week entitled “Removing the Shroud of Secrecy: Making Government More Transparent and Accountable,” I especially looked forward to the testimony of Ellen Miller. Miller is the executive [...]

There exist broadly-themed congressional caucuses in the House of Representatives, such as the House Oceans Caucus. On the other hand, many House caucuses take on exceedingly narrow subject matter, such as the Interstate 49 Caucus and the Interstate 69 Caucus. Perhaps the narrowest caucus of them all was inaugurated this earlier month, the Congressional Caucus [...]

Jean Schmidt’s re-election campaign hasn’t publicly announced her tobacco lobbyist-sponsored fundraising dinner last night. Is Schmidt concerned that her constituents might not regard the event with approval if they were to find out about it?

Chellie Pingree says of the Ripsaw MS1 killer robots, “it is imperative unmanned technology is not only developed for the air but also developed for the ground where it’s needed the most.”

Arnold and Porter is lobbying on behalf of the AUVSI, to seek the elimination of legislative barriers to the international sale of killer robots. Will Congressman Glenn Nye and his aides be talking about that particular agenda with the lobbyists of Arnold and Porter tonight?