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This past weekend, I got the rare opportunity to see the Washington, D.C., in a rare way that few people get to experience.

Youth unemployment has been rapidly snowballing since New Zealand entered a recession in the first quarter of last year, and shows every sign of being as long-lasting as the early 1990s recession, which resulted in deep and long-lasting damage to far too many of our young people.

I spent the day on the Hill interviewing Representatives about Wall Street and how they were able to jump the line to get the H1N1 flu vaccine before pregnant women and children.

Health care reform quiz: The so-called "public option" will drive private insurance companies out of business and eventually force every American to enroll in a single-payer, government-run health care system, or force private insurers to compete for patients, thereby driving down prices across the board, and everyone will live happily and ...

Jaws dropped when the government announced recently that the national debt would increase by $14,000,000,000,000 over the next decade.

Meredith Shiner and I write today on the GOP's persistent trouble recruiting, retaining and attracting women, particularly in the House.

This was an event staged by the House Republican leadership -- actual elected officials, members of the U.S. government.

The Report Card issues grades A through F, and incompletes where necessary, to a variety of news items in this space.

For all their talk about how Democrats' policies will screw them in 2010 and beyond, conservatives in Congress and the media seem to be shooting themselves in the foot.

Why is Republican Leadership Embracing Nutjobs? Posted by Joe Rivett on 11.07.2009 Even Obama was smart enough to dump Jeremiah Wright... "It was Thomas Jefferson who said a revolution every now and then is a good thing." That is what Michelle Bachman stated at the "Kill the Bill" rally.

Eight of North Carolina's 13 representatives, including three Democrats, voted against the health care overhaul bill approved by the House of Representatives Saturday.

The unusually-tinted Minority Leader of the House, John Boehner has been to the floor repeatedly today to try to extract promises from the Democrats managing the health insurance reform bill that if the Stupak amendment is adopted, they'll work to ensure that the amendment's language survives as a part of the final conference report.

At the White House briefing on Friday, Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, was asked to comment on a quote by Ohio Representative John Boehner, the House minority leader, who said at the rally that the legislation was "the greatest threat to freedom he has ever seen." "I think we could take up the better part of our afternoons and ...

This is to be our "last stand" to stop health care reform, it's Alamo time. Don't let your congressmen call it a "rally" or "protest"--make sure they say "press event" or "press conference." The point is to see "the whites of their eyes," because there's nothing a congressman fears more than a "freedom-loving American." Oh, and don't dress "too ...

TOPICS The GOP has embarrassed itself once more. How can they actively promote an event like their tea party/anti health care protest in DC and watch silently as disgusting signs and insane wackos fill their ranks? Well, it's easy to do when you have Rep.

Eric Cantor , the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.

Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives rallied at the Capitol on Thursday against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan.

A divided party: Progressives threaten Democratic lawmakers Washington Examiner ^ 11/3/2009 Byron York Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:54:06 AM by markomalley MoveOn.org is sending out emails today seeking more contributions for its campaign to defeat any Democratic senator who does not fully support Obamacare.

WILL the health bill making its way through Congress reach Barack Obama's desk before the end of the year? In May he insisted: "If we don't get it done this year, we're not going to get it done." Alas, the timetable may be slipping.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, speaking to a crowd of health care protesters in front of the Capitol on Thursday.