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School Voucher Hypocrisy
In the Washington Monthly, Steve Benen takes the Speaker of the House to task on his hypocrisy in supporting the slashing of vitally important programs while setting some funds aside for a pet project...
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Boehner Takes a Hit from the Right on DC Vouchers
House Speaker John Boehner took a hit yesterday in, of all places, the conservative Washington Examiner, a newspaper owned by the same folks who own the conservative Weekly Standard. Columnist Harry...
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States’ Rights! Smaller Federal Government! But Not for DC
We should have known what was coming in January when the House GOP, in one of its first acts in the majority, took away the limited floor voting rights of the District of Columbia’s one delegate in...
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Attacks on Mosques Spread Through U.S.
Last September, in the heat of the mis-named “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy and the hubbub over Terry Jones’ first, aborted, Koran-building spectacle, People For’s Michael Keegan warned of the...
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Boehner to Consider Ending Subsidies to Big Oil
House Speaker John Boehner has finally acknowledged what Americans have known for a long time yet Congressional Republicans don’t seem to understand: the immensely profitable energy industry really...
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New Corporate-Funded ‘Super PAC’ Created By The Man Who Helped Make Citizens...
GOP activist James Bopp Jr. has played a critical role in eviscerating campaign finance regulations throughout his career as a Republican attorney. He successfully argued in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to...
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The Play Rick Perry Didn’t Want Performed
The Austin Chronicle has set up a new Twitter account devoted exclusively to digging up old stories on the shenanigans of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. They’ve pulled up some good stuff, including this story...
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Standing up for the freedom to marry, access to healthcare, and immigration...
With another federal judge having ruled against DOMA, there’s new momentum for the freedom to marry and the access to healthcare and immigration equality that should come along with it.Teaser Image:...
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UPDATE: Standing up for the freedom to marry, access to healthcare, and...
Immigration Equality has filed suit against DOMA on behalf of five plaintiff couples.Teaser Image: Immigration Equality has filed suit against DOMA on behalf of five plaintiff couples. read more
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Boehner favors politics in pursuing yet another DOMA challenge
House Speaker John Boehner has directed the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, controlled 3-2 by Republicans, to seek intervention on behalf of DOMA in McLaughlin v. Panetta.Teaser Image: House Speaker...
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Right Wing Watch Research Exposes Extremism of Capitol Event
Last week, PFAW’s Right Wing Watch reported that a who’s who of Religious Right activists had recently gathered in the Capitol, with the endorsement of Speaker John Boehner, for a George...
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All of a Sudden, House GOP Doesn’t Like “Issues that Divide Us”
The National Journal today reports on the rocky progress of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which for the first time this year has become an object of partisan dispute. Why? The...
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In DC, progress toward marriage equality comes amid anti-equality setbacks
While the President’s announcement gave us new momentum, much work – and anti-equality forces – remain.Teaser Image: While the President’s announcement gave us new momentum, much work – and...
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Where is Speaker Boehner hiding all the good bills like ENDA?
Senators who stood on the right side of history and voted for passage should be thanked. Senators who stood with anti-gay extremists should hear your disappointment. There are more instructions here...
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John Boehner's House -- The Future of the Senate?
Look no further than John Boehner’s House of Representatives (really run by the Tea Party) for a crystal clear view of what we’ll get in the Senate if the GOP wins in November and takes full control of...
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