Ten reports have gone missing. Under a federal law passed in 2008, President Barack Obama is required to nominate members of a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent office in the executive branch of the U.S. Government. Fusion Center administrators and information sharing specialists are required by law to take civil liberties [...]

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1867, a military authorization bill with a special provision granting the U.S. military the power to put people into detention without charges and without any time limit. All classes of people are subject to detention without charge: Americans citizens and noncitizens, people living inside the borders of the [...]

In a 10-8 vote today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of overturning the Defense of Marriage Act. Click here to view a webcast of the proceedings. S. 598, the Respect for Marriage Act, would reinstate the Full Faith and Credit clause of the United States Constitution as it applies to marriage, granting recognition [...]

That’s what you would think if you’d read the letter sent out by Ohio GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine this week: Ohio is not Vermont. But you wouldn’t know that by looking at Sherrod Brown’s pals. Sherrod Brown was recently rated as one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate. In fact, Brown received [...]

The Library of Congress has just rolled out a list of the 100 most active legislators in the history of the U.S. Congress, measured by bills introduced. The Top 100 list is filled with stellar names from history that you should recognize, from Claude Pepper of the House to Jesse Helms of the Senate (apparently [...]

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 [...]

On March 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be traveling to Colchester, Vermont for a special hearing entitled “Strategies to Protect and Promote Vermont Brands.” How does this state-level business marketing question fall under the jurisdiction of the national-level Judiciary Committee? Will judges be tasked with the milking of cows or the tapping of maple [...]

How can you speak truth to power if you don’t know where to call? Nearly three weeks into the 112th Congress, the following members of the U.S. House and Senate still have not gotten around to sharing a local phone number so that constituents can call the district office from home when they have a [...]

Bernie Sanders has the kind of mojo that Obama had in 2008 – a sincere, genuine, grassroots movement. Obama has lost that mojo, and Sanders is in a unique place to pick it up and run with it.

Russ Feingold for President in 2012 campaign buttons are already up for sale on the Internet. A genuine grassroots movement to Draft Feingold appears to be forming.