“Today, there is no domestic outerwear industry.” — Senator Ron Wyden, March 31 2011 The Outdoor Act — S. 704 in the Senate and H.R. 2071 in the House — would remove tariffs on outerwear imported into the USA from overseas sweatshop factories. Ron Wyden, the principal sponsor of the Outdoor Act in the Senate, [...]

Senator Bernard Sanders is challenging Barack Obama not to cave in to the Republicans’ budget demands, as he has caved in to them so often in the past.

The bioterrorist threat has turned out to be a fantasy. That makes the The Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act an ineffective response to a threat that doesn’t exist.

95.7 percent of Republicans who voted, voted to reject authorization for U.S. entry into war in Libya. 37.8 percent of Democrats who voted, voted to reject war authorization.

Who in Congress voted to increase pollution by offshore drilling operations in the Arctic? Who voted against increasing pollution?

Whether or not you believe that American participation in the war in Libya is a good idea, now is a good time to call your U.S. senators and U.S. Representative through the congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121, and tell them what you’d like them to do. Votes on the war authorization legislation could happen in both houses of Congress as soon as tomorrow.

As of June 21 2011, the following twenty-four members of the House of Representatives still have failed to introduce a single bill or amendment for consideration by the 112th Congress. Most members of Congress in their first year have introduced legislation, but a few are still laggards. Members in their first term who have not [...]

Ted Deutch is right that it’s unjust for millionaires and billionaires to get big tax breaks while programs to feed senior citizens are cut. However, Deutch would have been more honest if, instead of simply blaming Republicans for this injustice, he acknowledged his own role in creating that economic injustice.

Through the 111th Congress of 2009-2010 and into the 112th Congress of 2011-2012, an urban myth regarding the U.S. Congress has been making the rounds. HB 1388, the story goes in bulletin board posts by Hutaree Tina Stone and in e-mails ricocheting about the Internet, has just been passed by Democratic legislators and signed into [...]

Congressman Barney Frank was among those Democrats on Capitol Hill speaking out, loudly, in protest of Barack Obama’s shameless disregard for the law and his reckless and expensive entry into yet more war.