29 members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted against a program to help America’s kids exercise and get to school safely. That’s tacky.

Is it good policy to lower government income through taxes, in order to increase the rate of human reproduction, when there are massive government budget cuts for social services, and our planet is in the middle of an unprecedented population boom?

Bill Kaplan considers the possibilities for a Russ Feingold Senate run in 2012 now that Wisconsin’s Herb Kohl has announced his retirement: Two potential front runners, former Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russell Feingold and current Wisconsin GOP Representative Paul Ryan, have completely opposite voting records: Feingold Issue Ryan NO Bush tax cuts YES NO Iraq War [...]

Sensible new legislation would not create any big government system of nationally uniform preschool education. Rather, it would simply establish support for state governments in their efforts to provide year-round school that’s universally available, but not mandatory, for three, four and five year-olds.

There are children going hungry in America, but in December of 2010 Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan voted against S. 3307, a bill to help bolster school lunch programs for those hungry kids. In the same 111th Congress, Thad McCotter wrote and introduced legislation to give a tax break for pampered dogs. In these troubled [...]

A few resources for parents who want to supplement their childrens’ education about the U.S. Congress.

Children who are corporally punished have, on average, a lower IQ than children who are not corporally punished. Spare the rod, spare the child.

What Ike Skelton ought to be worried about is what mommy and daddy are going to tell the 17 year-old child who comes to them and asks why the U.S. Congress is allowing the government to discriminate against people on the basis of private sexuality.

H. R. 3772, the Children’s Budget Act, if passed, would require the President of the United States to include a separate display and analysis of children’s programs as a part of the proposed budget that the White House submits to Congress every year.

Tens of thousands of Adrian Smith’s constituents are earning less than $15,000 per year. Why is Smith neglecting their needs, while he caters to the demands of the ultra-wealthy?