From the moment she took the gavel as Speaker of the House in January of 2007 to the night her Democratic Party lost its majority and access to the Speakership, Nancy Pelosi was repeatedly branded as a congressional “ultra-liberal” by the Republican Party. A few examples: South Carolina Republican Party, in a demonstrably untrue declaration: [...]

Claim: The 60 Plus Association describes itself to the public as “a nonpartisan seniors-advocacy group.” Fact: House of Representatives lobbying disclosure forms reveal that lobbyists employed by The 60 Plus Association have lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill for on-land and offshore oil drilling, internet gambling deregulation, and reduced gasoline taxes. Fact: Federal Election Commission independent [...]

The Des Moines Tea Party is neither registered federally with the FEC or IRS as a political organization, nor at the state level with the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board. This makes the finances of the Des Moines Tea Party somewhat shadowy. Nevertheless, it has come out swinging in the Iowa 3rd District congressional [...]

The Republican National Committee publishes an attack page this week, and it’s hard to tell whether the subject is Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota or Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: Meet Pelosi’s Puppets: Congressional Democrats who take marching orders from their Puppet Master, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, instead of you, the [...]

America Speaking Out is a website set up by Congressional Republicans at which Americans of all ideological persuasions and partisan affiliations are invited to propose changes to the Republican legislative platform, vote on others’ proposals, and engage in follow-up discussion. To help further this sort of online civic discussion — and to make it more [...]

Let’s put the news that Alabama Representative Parker Griffith has switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in its proper context: that of his policy behavior in the House of Representatives. In his consequential voting and cosponsorship behavior, it’s clear that Parker Griffith switched over to the Republican Party long ago. To his [...]

New York’s 23rd Congressional District sits at the top of the state, and the race for New York’s 23rd Congressional seat sits at the top of the agenda of conservative strategists. In this case, the conservative agenda might not match the Republican agenda. The official Republican Party candidate is Dede Scozzafava, but those on the [...]