Yesterday we released our new report, “Call and Response,” which covers the extent of reciprocation in the House of Representatives in 2009. To measure reciprocation, we tabulated patterns of sponsorship and cosponsorship for the 4,412 substantive “H.R.” bills introduced to the House that year. A bill’s sponsor is the legislator whose office [...]

Who says Republicans are the party of small government? Paul Broun and 55 of his fellow Republicans are promoting the radical expansion of government power with great vigor. In the 110th Congress, Broun introduced a bill that would have imbued any fertilized egg with “all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood.” [...]

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.

Paul Broun may talk about representing Christian values in Congress, but when it comes to tort reform, he stands directly against the teachings of Jesus.

Previous projects of Americans for Prosperity have included astroturf campaigns on behalf of tobacco companies in order to promote smoking in public places. Americans for Prosperity refuses to tell which corporations are providing the funding for its work against health care reform.

Even if the funds from the bill were used to establish a National Climate Service, what would the problem be? Climate Change is a grave problem that’s ripping billions and billions of dollars out of the American economy every year, and putting large numbers of American lives at risk.

If he were more reflective, Representative Broun might see that efforts to mix church and state in defiance of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights doesn’t help Christianity at all, but turns people off, leading them to look for alternatives to following the Bible.

Not a single Democrat in Congress got an award from the National Taxpayers Union this year. Dozens of Republicans did. How does that qualify the National Taxpayers Union as nonpartisan?

On Friday, U.S. Representative Paul Broun declared that he was worried that our nation might experience economic troubles sometime, in the future. Thanks for the warning, Mr. Broun.

The Republicans in the House of Representatives are determined to actually punish schools that allow students to sing the national anthem or recite the Pledge of Allegiance in freedom.