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Raul Labrador Paid To Campaign By Washington D.C. Insiders

Posted on July 31 2010 by Congress Watcher

Raul Labrador specifically asked for payments of $2,500 from industry-aligned political action committees in exchange for a special “host” position of access at the meeting.

Mike Simpson Says Government Ought To Subsidize Free Enterprise

Posted on December 12 2009 by Congress Watcher

Congressman Michael Simpson suggests that in order for free market enterprise to survive, it needs to be propped up by federal government money that will in turn be spent by a state governmental organization – Boise State University, in this case. In what sense, then, is the free market free?

Cardin Gets it Right: Separate Abortion Riders Don’t Work

Posted on December 8 2009 by Congressional Aid

Most of the Senate debate on the afternoon of December 8 leading up to the rejection of the Nelson-Hatch Amendment was pretty predictable. The amendment itself, after all, was a near cookie-cutter copy of the Stupak Amendment that was passed earlier this month in the House of Representatives. Both amendments prohibit private health insurance plans [...]