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Repeal the 17th Amendment?

· Tuesday, August 24, 2010 · 55 comments

Why would returning to the system of allowing state legislatures to choose Senators improve representation?

Once Again, Nobody Wants A Dollar Coin

· Friday, August 20, 2010 · 17 comments

Take a good look at that dollar coin, because you’re unlikely to see it circulation any time soon.

Why Charlie Rangel Will Likely Survive

· Friday, July 30, 2010 · 4 comments

Despite facing a thirteen-count ethics complaint, Charlie Rangel probably isn’t going anywhere.

Newt Gingrich: America Should Be More Like Saudi Arabia

· Thursday, July 22, 2010 · 22 comments

Newt Gingrich says that because there are no churches in Riyadh, we shouldn’t allow a mosque in New York.

Robert Byrd, Emperor Palpatine of Pork

· Tuesday, June 29, 2010 · 4 comments

The late Senator Robert Byrd’s legacy as the master of pork barrel spending is secure.

Robert Byrd Dead at 92

· Monday, June 28, 2010 · 1 comment

Senator Robert Byrd has died at 92, after years of poor health.

Eating Well On $1 A Day

· Thursday, June 10, 2010 · 9 comments

Obama Wants Line-Item Veto

· Tuesday, May 25, 2010 · 4 comments

Bad Year For Powerful Congressmen?

· Thursday, May 13, 2010 · 2 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Thursday, April 1, 2010 · 2 comments

Reconciliation and the Public Option

· Friday, March 12, 2010 · 5 comments

Murtha Dead, District Next?

· Tuesday, February 9, 2010 · 1 comment

Shelby Blocks Nominations Over Redstone Pork

· Friday, February 5, 2010 · 15 comments

Cash For Cloture

· Monday, December 21, 2009 · 13 comments

Health Care Reform: How Bad is It?

· Sunday, December 20, 2009 · 83 comments

Time for an Investment Tax Credit?

· Thursday, December 17, 2009 · 16 comments

Recession Over, Obama Takes Credit

· Thursday, October 29, 2009 · 18 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Monday, October 26, 2009 · 2 comments

Is Barack Obama Too Manly?

· Monday, October 26, 2009 · 11 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Thursday, September 3, 2009 · 3 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Monday, August 17, 2009 · 3 comments

Do Something! Anything! Don’t Read It Just Pass It!

· Monday, June 29, 2009 · 3 comments

OTB Caption JamTM

· Saturday, May 9, 2009 · No comments

Swine Flu Kills Texas Child, Regular Flu Kills Thousands

· Wednesday, April 29, 2009 · 4 comments

Globalism Killed Localism (But Gave Us the World)

· Tuesday, March 24, 2009 · 14 comments

What Else Can Government do to Extend the Recession

· Monday, March 23, 2009 · 13 comments

Palin Too Sexy for White House?

· Thursday, March 5, 2009 · 14 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Monday, March 2, 2009 · No comments

Newt Gingrich at CPAC

· Friday, February 27, 2009 · 24 comments

Pass It Now Or We All Die!!!!

· Tuesday, February 17, 2009 · 13 comments

The Libertarian Stimulus: First Do No Harm

· Monday, February 9, 2009 · 24 comments

Uncertainty and Confidence

· Thursday, February 5, 2009 · 14 comments

Republican Death Spiral?

· Friday, January 30, 2009 · 27 comments

Martin Feldstein Now Skeptical of the Stimulus Package

· Thursday, January 29, 2009 · 60 comments

Fiscal Straightjacket

· Wednesday, January 28, 2009 · 18 comments

More Right Wing Anti Stimulus Nonsense

· Wednesday, January 28, 2009 · 12 comments

Fiscal Stimulus Lag

· Wednesday, January 21, 2009 · 5 comments

Step 1: Use a Crisis…

· Friday, January 9, 2009 · 5 comments

Federal Deficit for November: $164.4 Billion

· Wednesday, December 10, 2008 · 7 comments

GOP May Scuttle Auto Bailout

· Wednesday, December 10, 2008 · 13 comments

Don’t Forget Rent Seeking

· Wednesday, December 3, 2008 · 11 comments

Posse Comitatus? Its a Stupid Law Anyways

· Monday, December 1, 2008 · 17 comments

“Derangement Syndrome” Syndrome

· Monday, November 10, 2008 · 21 comments

McCain on ‘Saturday Night Live’

· Sunday, November 2, 2008 · 6 comments

Government Ownership of Banks

· Monday, October 13, 2008 · 8 comments

Congress Approves Bailout

· Friday, October 3, 2008 · 8 comments

Buffalo Chicken MREs

· Tuesday, September 9, 2008 · 5 comments

More on Palin and Earmarks (Updated)

· Wednesday, September 3, 2008 · 31 comments

Sen. Coburn threatened with censure

· Friday, August 1, 2008 · 28 comments

Ted Stevens Indicted on Corruption Charges

· Tuesday, July 29, 2008 · 23 comments

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