After the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case this spring, limits on how much corporations can spend on independent expenditures in congressional campaigns have been wholly erased. The same corporations that can spend as much as they want on congressional campaigns are also allowed to keep their contributor lists secret. All that the [...]

With the advent of unlimited independent expenditures in the Spring of 2010, corporate political groups have been unleashed to influence congressional elections as they and their undisclosed individual contributors see fit. But although individual contributors to these corporate groups remain shrouded, the activity of the corporate groups themselves is tracked on a daily basis by [...]

How can Vic Snyder get away with slacking off on the introduction of legislation to fix what ails this country? How can John Boozman get away with telling struggling Americans in the midst of the greatest recession of a generation to go to hell? How does Marion Berry manage to get re-elected after getting caught [...]

If you’re looking for up-to-the-minute updates of the results of today’s special election in New York State’s 23rd congressional district, the New York State Secretary of State won’t be much help. The most recent congressional special election results they’ve got are from an election that was held back in May. Check the Watertown Daily Times, [...]

Mel Martinez, scored only a 6 percent progressive legislative score from Progressive Patriots. That’s out of a 100 point scale. Now, Martinez is retiring instead of running for re-election in 2010. Good riddance, I say.

Evan Bayh’s right wing legislative score is 50 percent. Evan Bayh’s progressive legislative score is only 19 percent. If Barack Obama selects Evan Bayh as his Vice President, he might as well select a Republican.

Congress is coequal with the Presidency. No single congressional leader has the kind of power the President wields, but collectively, members of Congress have just as much heft – if they choose to use it, rather than engaging in the spineless acquiescence of the years under George W. Bush.

This morning I found a strong sign that, at long last, the Democratic presidential primary is over. In a few days we’ll have the Oregon and Kentucky primary elections, to be sure, but in effect the Democratic presidential nominee is already chosen. Here’s my sign: A campaign button promoting presidential candidate Barack Obama and U.S. [...]