If he really wants questions about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to be answered, why didn’t Representative Rangel co-sponsor H.R. 104? Is Rangel content merely seeking answers about the wars’ ends?

Michael Stopa’s attacks against Muslims were quickly followed by a critique of the legitimacy of atheists as American citizens.

An update on a previous report: Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia has maintained his perfect record in Congress. Since he entered office more than five years ago, Rep. Westmoreland has represented his district through perfect inactivity, having failed to sponsor a single piece of legislation, a single amendment, or a single symbolic resolution in that [...]

Can members of the U.S. Congress come together, bridge partisan differences and come to consensus on issues of the day? Of course, you might scoff, they can name Post Offices after one another. But can House and Senate, Democrat and Republican and Independent come together any more and agree on any issue of importance? Yes, [...]

The jobs bill passed the House and was signed into law this week, but not without the opposition of three Democrats who joined the GOP in asserting that America’s schoolchildren were a “special interest” that shouldn’t be helped.

Was capitalism truly such a fragile thing that it needed a new government regulation to ensure its survival?

If H.R. 6028 passes, the wolf may once again be treated as mere vermin to be exterminated, and this time, the extermination may be complete.

Although they’re generally not inclined to support many progressive causes, these politicians may be motivated by their state’s long coastline, and by voter sentiment in Florida, which is strongly against the expansion of offshore drilling.

This week has seen a new oil spill of about one million gallons in the Gulf of Mexico, which will remain uncapped for at least 10 more days, and a oil spill that has fouled a huge length of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, even as the the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to defy cleanup efforts.

It’s absurd for Chaffetz to assert that the Clean Act’s extension of the current Land and Water Conservation Fund.