The House of Representatives had the opportunity last year to prevent the Gulf Oil spill calamity, but it did nothing. After members of Congress go after Hayward, they ought to rip off their own hides too.

Bart Stupak has a history of playing political games with important policy issues, and is now facing a challenger within his own party as a result.

On December 8, 2009, 4 major candidates are vying for the Democratic Party nomination for Senate in Massachusetts. Only 2 of those candidates strongly support a woman’s right to choose legal abortion. The Stupak Amendment to health care reform legislation in the House was added in order to prohibit any private insurance plan (even those [...]

“What’s more, Kilroy voted to allow your tax dollars to fund abortions.” — Steve Stivers, e-mail statement distributed November 9, 2009. Steve Stivers, challenging Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio’s 15th District next year, made this declaration yesterday in regards to H.R. 3962 and the Stupak Amendment to it. The Stupak Amendment, which passed despite [...]

Republicans of a certain economic libertarian stripe fondly sing the praises of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. They say he is the only politician who really, truly understands freedom and the need for free markets and free enterprise. They like to say that if Ron Paul were elected president, America would once again freely let [...]

Not a single Republican voted against government rationing of health care last night. Why this profound ideological shift?

Rep. Janice Schakowsky of Illinois stood in the floor of the House of Representatives this evening to speak against the health care bill amendment offered by fellow Democrat Bart Stupak of Illinois. Under this amendment, as Schakowsky explains, even women who are NOT national health care plan participants — women who are paying for their [...]

Tonight, Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois took to the floor of the House of Representatives to declare his opposition to a health care bill amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak. The Stupak Amendment would make it illegal for any health care plan accepting any national health care plan participants to provide abortion coverage for anyone at [...]

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.