Out of the 15 Democrats who crossed the aisle on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, only six have managed to keep their seats. That makes the anti-gay House Democrats a remarkably unsuccessful group.

A number of political advocacy organizations need Americans to think of Congress in dire and extreme terms in order to attract donations and advance their particular causes. As Bill Nissim advises non-profit organizations: “The human mind can only attach one specific meaning or feeling to an item. Although the overall perception of that item represents [...]

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.

Not a single one of the Democrats who voted against the health care reform bill has a progressive legislative rating about 50 percent.

What sort of people do you think that Bobby Bright met at the offices of the Nuclear Energy Institute fundraiser that day? Do you think that there were any opponents of nuclear energy there?

Congressman Paul Broun introduced an amendment to the bill that would have cut the amount of time the Solar Technology Roadmap Committee would have to work, and reduce funding for the implementation of the legislation’s solar energy research as well.

Significantly alter your legislation to give the Blue Dogs what they ask for, and in return the Blue Dogs continue to oppose the legislation anyway.

The additional funding for the F-22 came after a very close vote: 31-30. It didn’t have to be that way. F-22 funding could have been deadlocked with a 31-31 vote – if only Representative Loretta Sanchez had bothered to show up. She didn’t. She is marked “absent” that day.

Missile defense testing is pork barrel spending. It funnels money to defense contractors who in turn spend a lot of money buying influence with members of Congress. It’s a source of corruption in our nation’s politics, and it doesn’t make us one bit more secure.

These animals are key ecological players whose presence aids the proper functioning of entire ecosystems. So, who wouldn’t want to support their conservation. Bobby Bright, that’s who, a freshman Representative shaping up to be one of the most regressive Democrats in Congress.