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06.20.12 | 1:26 pm
Holder Hearings in 100 Seconds

Didn’t get a chance to watch the Holder contempt hearing live? Relive the best moments in a tight 100 second package …





06.20.12 | 1:09 pm
Now She Tells Us

Pelosi now says President Obama should invoke the 14th amendment to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling.

06.20.12 | 1:05 pm
Holder Responds

Attorney General Eric Holder calls today’s vote for contempt “political theater.”

06.20.12 | 12:48 pm
Setting the Record Straight

Despite removing their call for a ban on gay sex from the party platform, the Montana GOP wants to reassure you that they still think it’s gross.

06.20.12 | 12:23 pm
BREAKING

Darrell Issa’s House Oversight Committee votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

06.20.12 | 10:39 am
Montana to the Rescue?

Could the state of Montana force the Supreme Court to take another look at Citizens United?

06.20.12 | 9:50 am
Crosstabs, June 20

PollTracker Editor Kyle Leighton with this week’s Crosstabs

 
 
 
 
 

06.20.12 | 8:59 am
Can Microsoft Succeed with ‘Surface’

It’s difficult to overstate just how behind Microsoft is in the mobile game compared to mobile behemoths like Apple and Google. For example, among our audience, which does skew toward Mac users, iOS devices generated 1.12 million visits over the last 30 days, compared to 314,000 for Android and — get this — 6,000 for Windows Phone. But Microsoft’s announcement of a new ‘Surface’ tablet yesterday actually seems to have raised some eyes. And I must say I’m intrigued by their approach to keyboard functionality. Our Carl Franzen provides our take.

06.20.12 | 7:45 am
Soak The Middle Class

Senate Dems give The Washington Post the jump on a new analysis that puts one of the worst kept secrets in Washington into helpful numerical context: Republicans want the broad middle class to pay more taxes than they currently do, and the upper class to pay significantly less.

This time around, Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee, with the help of data from the Tax Policy Center, take a look at the House GOP tax plan in Paul Ryan’s budget, and reach an important conclusion: If he honors his commitment to keeping his plan revenue neutral, middle class taxpayers will see their tax burden increase, while the wealthiest Americans will enjoy a huge tax cut.

The idea is pretty straightforward. Read More