The Budget compromise bill just passed. But Boehner couldn’t get enough Republican votes to get it done. Needed 39 Democratic votes to get the bill over the hump.
Palin heads to the Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin to headline big Tea Party rally.
When he invests, he invests big. Donald Trump has taken on Joseph Farah, one of the heads of the birther movement and founder and editor of WorldNetDaily, as his birtherism guru and political advisor.
And contrary to the suggestions of some about the blowback he may receive over his embrace of birtherism, Trump insists he’s “always had a great relationship with the blacks.”
Eric Cantor is out taking credit for the half million jobs created since January …
Over 478,000 Jobs Created Since January, #GOPMajority #TCOT
The Senator from the Tea Party, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is coming into focus at the heart of the controversy over $50,000 in funding for Charleston Harbor that was cut as part of the Budget deal. Dems are bashing him for killing funding for jobs in his home state as part of his anti-earmark crusade. But Republicans like Sen. Graham say that’s not true and that behind the scenes DeMint is helping to get those funds back.
What did the massive 9.0 Japan earthquake sound like underwater?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Vents Program has released a recording of what it sounded like from 900 miles away in Alaska.
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Sens. Reid and Graham have reached an agreement on averting a shutdown of the Senate over the loss of $50,000 for dredging the port of Charleston.
Reflection on Rep. Ryan, his idol Ayn Rand and the American state from TPM Reader MM …
We all know that Paul Ryan worships at the altar of Ayn Rand. We know that Ayn Rand spent years railing against collectivism and parasites who live off the state. Many are aware that Ryan collected Social Security Survivor’s benefits upon the death of his father. But do people know that when Rand was diagnosed with lung cancer, she applied for and began receiving Social Security/Medicare under her husband’s name O’Connor? (See Anne Heller’s Rand biography Ayn Rand and the World She Made.)