With all the problems facing this country, this is a priority? The American Mustache institute earlier today made this surprising announcement: After barnstorming the Nation’s Capitol in support of the proposed Stache Act (details and white paper here), the office of of [sic] Maryland 6th district U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett informed the American Mustache Institute […]
Charlie Rangel just held a press conference and announced he will temporarily step down as chairman of the Ways and Means committee following his ethics problems.
So it turns out that the big Republican stimulus package, rolled out by the House Republican leadership on the day of the stimulus vote, may have actually raised taxes. A staffer for the House Ways and Means committee email Greg Sargent this: In 2008, 4.2 million Americans had to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). […]
It seems like every day we now get more and more people saying that the Republicans will most likely loose the House this fall: After a year of political turmoil, Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in serious jeopardy, the possibility of major losses in the Senate, and a national […]
So how do the Democrats respond when it is one of their own in a criminal investigation? Simple: Add political banishment to the list of problems confronting Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), ensnared in a bribery scandal that fellow Democrats hope to turn to their election-year advantage. “Democrats are determined to hold a […]