- Congress' Job Approval at New Low of 10%
- Poll: Random People In A Phonebook Would Do Better Than Current Congress
- G.O.P. Leaders in House Remove Part of Ethics Bill NYT
- Eric Cantor strips strict lobbying rules from STOCK Act
- It's deja vu as Congress tackles payroll tax cut extension again
- The Judicial Confirmation Crisis in One Easy Chart--Obstructionism at work.
- Increasing number of ethics probes rattles House Republicans--"An increasing number of House Republicans are getting wrapped up in allegations of ethics violations ahead of the November elections, handing Democrats easy campaign fodder and putting the GOP in an unexpected bind."
- Congress Appears to Be Trying to Get Around Earmark Ban NYT
- Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers' properties
- Earmark investigation: Rep. Norm Dicks and Puget Sound
- Oops: Florida Republican Forgets To Remove ALEC Mission Statement From Boilerplate Anti-Tax Bill
- Rep. Lamar Smith, Top Border Security Hawk, Invested In Border Monitoring Tech Company Before Gov. Grant
- $6 Billion for a Nuke-Building Shed?--"American taxpayers are getting fleeced for a New Mexico bomb facility we don't need."
- President Obama Takes Republican Senator Mike Lee To The Woodshed Over His Threat To Obstruct--"Lee threatened to block all of President Obama's nominees if he doesn't remove Richard Cordray from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Republicans think the President violated the Constitution by appointing Cordray during the recess."
- Wisconsin releases recall petition names amid safety concerns--"Wisconsin released the names of more than 1 million people who signed a recall petition against Gov. Scott Walker, state officials said, despite safety concerns among petition signers."
- New Hampshire Republicans Propose Bill To Eliminate Workers' Lunch Breaks
- Auction 2012: Energy Lobby Finds Power In Money And Fear
- Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled amid industry and congressional objections--"Twenty-year investigation of miners exposed to toxic fumes still unpublished."
- 'Gasland' Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans
- Dangers of Fracking
- Why Is America's Transportation System Stuck in the 1950s?--An upcoming Republican transportation bill "zeroes out funding for biking and walking infrastructure and cuts Amtrak's budget by 25 percent, while lavishing care on cars and the highways that carry them using revenues from increased gas and oil drilling."
- U.S.-Born Children Denied Food Stamps Under Alabama Immigration Law
- Alabama Immigration Law Costs $11 Billion, Study Shows
- This American Life: Reap What You Sow--"Alabama's new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will 'self-deport.' And in a way it's working. Immigrants are fleeing Alabama...but not just the undocumented ones."
