As political campaigns in Texas shift into high gear after a court ruling finally set the date of the Texas primaries More…, candidates will continue to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash to add to the millions that have already been raised. However, much of the campaign cash is
Women are used to being under-represented in Congress: There are only 17 women in the U.S. Senate (out of 100) and 76 women in the U.S. House of Representatives (out of 435). Unsurprisingly, only one woman — Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), also a co-chair, sits on the Joint Select Committee More…
The subject of a recent episode More… of the NBC comedy series “The Office” was about a doomsday device created by devious employee Dwight K. Schrute (played by Rainn Wilson). If his fellow co-workers committed five errors in a single workday, the device was wired to send an email to their
With just 10 days to go before the deadline for the “supercommittee” to make a deal, news outlets are reporting more reasons to worry that the talks will fall apart — and that Congress may try other maneuvers to address the deficit. More…
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will give her own rebuttal to President Obama’s State of The Union Tuesday, broadcast by the Tea Party Express.
“There are two very exciting developments I wanted to share with you today, friends,” reads the fundraising e-mail More… sent out by the Tea Party Express Friday morning.
Rep. Michele Bachmann dropped her campaign to become the fourth most powerful Republican in the House on Wednesday evening, throwing her support behind Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling for GOP Conference Chair. “Jeb Hensarling has my enthusiastic support for his candidacy to become Republican House Conference Chair,” Bachmann said in a More…
Rep. Michele Bachmann stepped up her campaign for Republican Conference Chair on Monday by hitting a series of right-wing media outlets and sending a letter to her Republican colleagues urging their support. Bachmann touted her Facebook skills, her frequent media appearances and her association with the tea party as reasons More…
The plot lines in the battle for control of the soul of the Republican Party just got thicker today with the announcement by transition chair Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) of the members of his transition team. Not only did Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) not make the cut while her competitor More…
