Congress Unveils Bipartisan Plan to Consider Discussing a Committee That Would Explore Doing Something
Working group to study whether to convene a committee that would eventually explore the possibility.
By Devon Pryce, Politics
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Congress Passes Rare Bipartisan Bill to Name a Post Office After Itself
The facility will feature a plaque listing every member who took credit for it.
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Senator Demands Investigation Into Whoever Keeps Approving His Stock Trades
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Filibuster Turns 200, Remains Congress's Most Productive Member
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Pentagon Misplaces $800 Billion, Finds It in Other Cargo Pants
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Party Leadership Unveils Bold 2028 Strategy: Hoping
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Lawmaker Who Voted Against Bridge Repair Cuts Ribbon on Bridge Repair
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Campaign Promises to Fight for the Middle Class, Declines to Define Either Word
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Bipartisan Committee Agrees to Disagree, Bills Taxpayer for the Agreement
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Senator's Town Hall Reaches Capacity of Zero After Being Held at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday in a Locked Room
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Poll Finds 94 Percent of Americans Exhausted by Polls
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Candidate Tours Factory He Voted to Close, Calls It a Symbol of Something
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Congressman Returns From Fact-Finding Trip With Tan, No Facts
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New Bill Would Require Lobbyists to At Least Buy Lawmakers Dinner First
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Governor Declares War on Problem He Spent a Decade Funding
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Ethics Committee Clears Itself in Lengthy Self-Investigation
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Politician Apologizes if Anyone Was Offended by the Thing He Is About to Do Again
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Candidate Vows to Drain the Swamp, Hires the Swamp as Senior Advisors
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Senate Passes Bill 99 to 1, Cannot Locate the One, Suspects It Was the Smart One
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Lawmaker Live-Tweets Hearing He Is Supposed to Be Conducting
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Town Approves Monument to Fiscal Responsibility, Goes $4 Million Over Budget
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Candidate Releases Detailed Plan, Immediately Asked to Stop Doing That
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Congress Takes Five-Week Recess to Recover From Three-Day Work Week
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Official Denies Wrongdoing in Statement Released at 4:58 p.m. on a Friday
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State Legislature Bans Word, Then the Letter, Then Eye Contact
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Senator Who Owns Four Homes Concerned That Aid Might Make People Dependent
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Mayor Cuts Ribbon on Program He Already Defunded for the Photo
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Bipartisan Breakthrough Reached on Naming the Disagreement
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Candidate's Bus Tour Reaches the One State He Was Already Going to Win
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Hearing Adjourns After Everyone Agrees the Real Villain Is Whoever Scheduled the Hearing
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Congress Holds Emotional Vigil for the Working Class It Voted Against on Tuesday
Lawmakers lit candles, shed tears, and adjourned before the funding vote.
By Devon Pryce, Politics
Politician Offers Thoughts and Prayers, Declines the Part Where He Does His Job
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Both Parties Agree the System Is Broken, Agree Harder That It Should Stay That Way
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Senator Rails Against Government Spending From Inside Government He Is Spending
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Candidate Promises Change, Change Turns Out to Be the Same Thing With a New Hat
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Lawmaker Blocks Bill to Own the Other Side, Also Owns None of the Consequences
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Campaign Ad Attacks Opponent for Policy the Candidate Voted for Twice
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Senate Debates Debt Ceiling for Three Weeks, Raises It, Acts Surprised Next Year
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Governor Cuts Ribbon on Bridge, Cuts Funding for the Bridge, Cuts Out Before Questions
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Politician Discovers the Working Class Two Weeks Before Every Election, Loses Their Number After
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Congressman's Bold Stand on Principle Lasts Until the Donor Calls
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Bipartisan Deal Reached to Do Nothing, Celebrated as Proof They Can Still Work Together
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Lawmaker Who Warns About the National Debt Approves His Own Raise Without Blinking
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Town Hall Cancelled After Someone Threatens to Ask a Question
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Candidate Poses in a Diner He Has Never Eaten In, Orders a Photo of Coffee
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Congress Renames Another Problem Instead of Solving It, Plaque Already Ordered
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Senator Concerned About Handouts Cashes His Fourth Government Pension
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Politician Vows to Take On Big Money, Funded Entirely by Big Money
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Filibuster Used to Block Bill Everyone Privately Admits They Wanted
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Lawmaker Live-Streams Outrage About Issue He Has Had the Power to Fix for Twelve Years
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Both Sides Blame Each Other for the Thing They Voted for Together
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Candidate's Plan to Help Families Fits Neatly on a Hat and Nowhere Else
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Congressional Hearing Reaches Dramatic Conclusion That Someone Should Really Look Into This
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Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Problem He Was Warned About in 2014
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Politician Reads Poll, Discovers New and Deeply Held Belief by Lunchtime
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Senator Demands Accountability, Excludes Himself for Reasons He Will Not Be Taking Questions On
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Campaign Promises Free Nothing, Delivers on It Ahead of Schedule
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Lawmaker Tours Disaster Zone in New Boots, Leaves Before the Cleanup
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Congress Approves Foreign Stadium Funding Faster Than It Approves Anyone's Lunch
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Billionaire Warns That Helping People Would Make Them Dependent, Boards Publicly Subsidized Jet
He accepted the subsidy, the tax break, and the bailout, but drew the line at anyone else getting help.
By Devon Pryce, Politics
Nation's Billionaires Ask Why Everyone Keeps Bringing Up the Part Where They Have All the Money
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Lawmaker Sells Stock Day Before Bad News He Voted to Keep Secret
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Super PAC Named Citizens for a Brighter Tomorrow Funded by Three Guys and a Shell Company
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Politician's Anti-Corruption Speech Interrupted by Lobbyist Handing Him an Envelope
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Congress Passes Tax Cut, Assures Public the Benefits Will Trickle Down Any Century Now
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Billionaire Pledges to Give Away Fortune, Gives Away the Announcement Instead
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Senator Owns Stock in Every Company He Regulates, Calls It a Coincidence of Genius
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Candidate for the People Holds $50,000 Dinner to Discuss the People
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Lawmaker Blocks Affordable Housing, Cites Concerns About the Poor Living Near Him
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Gerrymandered District Shaped Like a Dragon Elects the Guy Who Drew the Dragon
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Politician Discovers Religion, Patriotism, and a New Enemy Just in Time for the Primary
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Debate Moderator Asks About Wages, Both Candidates Pivot to a Flag
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Congress Investigates Itself, Finds Itself Innocent, Rewards Itself With Recess
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Governor Signs Bill Surrounded by Children He Just Cut the Lunch Program For
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Lobbyist Writes the Bill, Lawmaker Reads the Title, Public Pays the Tab
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Politician Warns of Socialism While Cashing His Farm Subsidy and His Bailout
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Candidate's Grassroots Movement Funded by Grass Owned Entirely by One Corporation
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Senate Confirms Judge Nobody Can Question, Praises the Vigorous Debate Nobody Had
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Billionaire Buys Newspaper, Newspaper Suddenly Very Interested in the Weather
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Politician Fights for Term Limits, Currently Serving His Ninth Term
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Congress Names a Day After the Middle Class, Does Not Fund the Day
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Candidate Rolls Up Sleeves for Photo, Rolls Them Back Down Before Any Work Begins
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Lawmaker Concerned About Fraud Only When the Fraud Is Small and Poor
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Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel Concludes With a Blue Ribbon and No Panel
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Politician Takes a Brave Stand, Immediately Checks Which Way the Donors Are Facing
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Congress Debates Whether to Debate, Forms Committee to Study the Question of Debating
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Campaign Slogan Focus-Grouped Down to a Single Reassuring Sound
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Senator Retires to Spend More Time With the Lobbying Firm That Was Always the Plan
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Voter Asks Candidate a Direct Question, Receives a Warm Anecdote About a Man Named Dave
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Politician Promises to Lower Costs, Costs Rise, Politician Blames a Guy Who Left Office Years Ago
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Candidate Films Ad in a Hard Hat He Has Never Worn at a Site He Voted to Shut Down
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Congress Returns From Break, Immediately Schedules Another Break to Recover From Returning
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Senator Explains That Now Is Not the Time, Has Said This About the Same Issue Since 1998
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Lawmaker Fights Tirelessly for the People, People Cannot Get Him on the Phone at All
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Governor Holds Press Conference to Announce He Will Hold a Press Conference Later
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