In a race, we might consider the overall distance traveled by a car, but it’s also important to consider its speed. Similarly, in the United States Congress we might note what bills have accumulated the most cosponsors overall, but we might also want to consider which bills are accelerating forward by gaining cosponsors. To adopt [...]

The following are graphs showing the frequency distribution of bill cosponsorship in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as of February 13, 2009. Cosponsorship is the signing of a member of Congress’ name to a bill, an act that formally indicates support for the bill. The x-axis in each graph represents [...]

It seems that Republican John Boehner got on the airwaves and mocked bicycle lanes as something frivolous, not understanding that people who use those bicycle lanes to get around are doing a big favor for their communities, helping to reduce traffic, keep the air clean and reduce the cost of gasoline.

We’re preparing for this busy season of legislative battle on Capitol Hill with a new redesign of That’s My Congress, aimed at making the scope of recent articles easy to browse quickly, so that you can get what you want.

Poor, poor John Shadegg. The Arizona Republican admits that to him the Congress is “so boring,” even as he runs for yet another term of office. It’s a little sad watching him, like the little kid in fuzzy jammies who has stayed up a little too long at mom and dad’s party and is starting [...]

I found a bumper sticker – political button set that expresses the problem with Chet Edwards perfectly. It tickles me with its way of expressing political dissatisfaction in a relatively folsky way, so I thought I’d share it with you: Chet Edwards is a Democrat like a catfish is a cat – in other words, Chet Edwards is a Democrat in name only.

Just before he voted on June 20, 2008 for H.R. 6304, legislation that guts the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Republican Representative Randy Forbes of Virginia took to the floor of the House to identify the real problem with America. What, pray tell, is the real problem with America? Could it [...]

To vote for this bill was to insult the Constitution of the United States of America, and in doing so, to insult the USA itself. A vote in favor of this bill is a betrayal of the Oath of Office every member of Congress has taken. It is unpatriotic, and a grave breach of trust.

The following are the remarks of Democratic Representative Bobby Scott regarding H.R. 6304, the bill to nullify the Fourth Amendment rights of those living under American jurisdiction. Representative Scott of Virginia rose in opposition on the morning of June 20, 2008, just before H.R. 6304 was passed: I oppose H.R. 6304. It allows widespread acquisition [...]

This podcast introduces the That’s My Congress audio podcast, explaining who we are and what we intend to do, what our focus on the United States Congress can include, and how we’re different from the Washington D.C. insider and political podcasts. We’re not corporate sponsored, and we don’t have the big financial backing of the [...]