Monday, September 22, 2025

Tag: Congress

Fact check: Trump’s address to Congress

The president distorted the facts on jobs, immigration, health insurance, war spending and more.

Danger ahead: Trump, Pompeo, the Kochs and the end of diplomacy

Trump says he will rely on his advisors. He has to as he knows nothing about policy, the world, the working class he always goes on about, or government in general.

Why so many people loathe Congress

Speaker Ryan himself wallows in a mud pit of congressional entitlements that working stiffs couldn't imagine.

Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?

What can a new president and a new congress do?

Cleaning the corporate dirt from the GOP budget

The Clean Budget Coalition is asking President Obama to heed Sen. Warren’s call, take a strong stand on such riders, and use his last days in office to oppose these right-wing corporate giveaways and underhanded attacks on workers, immigrants and women.

Take back the house

As Trump’s coalition begins to crumble, will the Democrats propose a more credible (and more widely believed) alternative than what they just put forward?

Hillary Clinton didn’t break the glass ceiling, but these female lawmakers...

The 115th United States Congress will have the highest percentage of women legislators in its history.

It’s Citizens Who Will Save Us From Citizens United

Constitutional amendment organizers are confident of an eventual victory. “The push toward justice has always started at the grassroots.”

Environmentalists Want Your Help Building a Climate Congress

A group of Californians are trying to crowdsource a Wiki on the environmental stances of candidates for the US House and Senate.

As Congress Prepares for TPP Fight, Another Trade Deal Nears Completion

Sweeping multilateral free trade deals have become a hot button issue in the ongoing US presidential election.

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Pentagon press clampdown under Trump sparks first amendment alarm

Journalists and free press advocates warn that new Pentagon restrictions requiring pre-approval of even unclassified information represent a dangerous assault on democratic oversight, despite Trump’s claim that “nothing stops reporters.”

Revealed: ‘Chilling’ surveillance of activists by meat and dairy industry

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.

The only way to stop Israel’s genocide: an embargo by a consortium of countries

Embargoes: how to bring peace to Israel, Palestine, and the surrounding Middle East.

Progressive Caucus backs bill to block bombs to Israel

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has endorsed legislation halting offensive U.S. weapons sales to Israel, marking a historic shift as outrage over Gaza’s devastation grows.

House bill would let Marco Rubio strip passports over political speech

Provision would let the Secretary of State deny or revoke passports over alleged “material support” as critics warn of thought policing and unchecked authority.