The 1st Amendment to the Constitution declares that the people of the United States have a right to assemble, speak and petition the government for redress of grievance that cannot be abridged. But with the passage of H.R. 347, the Congress has gone ahead and abridged that right anyway. H.R. 347 (bizarrely named the “Federal [...]

The proposal No Labels makes would also reduce the amount of time representatives can listen to voters about budget priorities. That’s fine with the corporate sponsors of No Labels, of course. Their corporations have paid lobbyists who attend special Washington D.C. insider parties in order to get what they want.

In some quarters of Washington DC, people have grown fond of saying that all Americans care about is the economy. But take a look at the five congressional bills looked up most often by Americans during the week of January 22, 2012: H.R. 3261 Stop Online Piracy Act: Popularly known as SOPA, this bill would [...]

Thanks to the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, the most important stories of the 2012 congressional elections are likely to never be told.

An organizer for the January 17 political action called Occupy Congress reports on a call from Rep. Susan Davis: Congresswoman Susan Davis’ office called. She wants to meet with us in DC on #J17. “I want to support OSD you while you’re here” “OSD” refers to Occupy San Diego, the California encampment in Davis’ district [...]

Instead of granting a brief meeting with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee called the police to haul the Occupy protesters away. That should serve as a clear statement to the occupation movement that the Democratic Party is not going to be a useful vehicle for their ideals.

Under the proposed amendment to the Constitution, Congress would have the power to create a system for public funding of electoral campaigns, and no funding of campaigns outside that system could take place, and Election Day would become a holiday whenever federal elections take place.

It isn’t just Orrin Hatch who’s taking money from Diageo liquors. The Every Republican Is Crucial PAC took a check from the Diageo PAC in August, a few weeks after the Republican Operation to Secure and Keep a Majority PAC took Diageo’s whiskey-scented cash.

If you want an education, but don’t have the money or time to go back to school, just show up at the office of the United States Senate Chaplain, and ask Alan Keiran to pray you the knowledge and insights you need.

S. 968, the Protect IP Act, allows the government or a corporation to enforce a takedown of a website if a judge determines it is an “ISDIA” (Internet site dedicated to infringing activities). Two very different stories about the Protect IP Act are being told. Artists opposing the PROTECT-IP / SOPA Act has one take: [...]