House Passes Student Loan Reform, Increases Pell Grants
The United States House of Representatives today voted to increase Pell Grants to college students in need of financial assistance and voted to reform how student loans were awarded. As part of the...
View ArticleHealth Care Vote Will Hurt Republicans in November
Now that health care reform has passed both chambers of Congress and is going to be signed into law today by President Obama, the election year political messaging begins. A lot of attention has been...
View ArticleGOP Congressman Mark Souder Resigns Amid Sex Scandal
Indiana Congressman Mark Souder has announced that he will resign this Friday after admitting to having an affair with a female staffer. Souder was elected in 1994 and is among the “Republican...
View ArticleSenate Passes Wall Street Reform Along Party Lines
Democrats won a major victory on Thursday as the Senate passed Wall Street reform by a 59-39 vote. The bill would increase oversight of Wall Street banks and ends bailouts of those institutions. Only...
View ArticleTop of Ballot May Help House Dems in Some States
Even people that are not all that familiar with politics have heard of presidential coattails. We saw it quite clearly in 2008 when Democrats won marginal to conservative districts on the back of...
View ArticleRaces to Watch on Election Night
Election Night is drawing nearer, so I thought that a list of races to watch would be beneficial to those not terribly familiar with individual races and national dynamics. Instead of relying on what...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind Nancy Pelosi’s House Record
Last week Republicans took control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2006. The reasons are more complicated than some would lead you to believe, but put simply, it was a mix of...
View ArticleGOP House Schedules 108 Workdays in 2012
The GOP Congress is doing what no other employer in America would ever allow: Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have unveiled a plan that would allow the GOP Congress to have one week...
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Election Prediction 2012: President, Senate and House
The 2012 election cycle has been a long and costly battle against two very different ideologies. By this time tomorrow night we may very well know who the next president will be until January 2017. The...
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Dear Republicans: Obamacare Repeal is Not Going to Happen
Dear Republican Politicians, Obamacare is not going anywhere. This issue was settled last November when President Obama defeated your nominee, Mitt Romney, by four percentage points — a nominee whose...
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