January 27, 2012 11:01 am ET filed under Blog
The 5.6 Million Reasons Behind GOP Senators' Letter To Obama
January 05, 2012 10:30 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. McHenry Goes To Bat For The Bank Industry Again, Takes A Swing At Cordray
December 08, 2011 5:41 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Virginia Foxx: For-Profit Colleges Are More Effective
November 18, 2011 11:31 am ET filed under Blog
House Oversights - Week Of November 13
A weekly roundup of what House Republicans are and aren't doing with their committees.
November 18, 2011 9:51 am ET filed under Blog
The Problem With The GOP's 'Family Budget' Argument
November 11, 2011 11:08 am ET filed under Blog
House Oversights - Week of November 6
A weekly roundup of what House Republicans are and aren't doing with their committees.
November 02, 2011 12:27 pm ET filed under Blog
UPDATE: NRA Contributions To Holder's Critics Grows To Over A Quarter-Million Dollars
October 19, 2011 11:33 am ET filed under Blog
Heresy! Senate GOP Endorses Commerce Clause Authority Over Health Care Industry
October 13, 2011 2:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx: Democrats Are Misogynist Because "50 Percent Of The Unborn Babies" Are Girls
October 06, 2011 2:01 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The House GOP's Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
In September, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, initiated an investigation of Planned Parenthood's financial records looking for misappropriated federal funds and requesting paperwork going back over 13 years. This Republican vendetta against Planned Parenthood is part of a larger fight in which Republicans are trying to prevent women from being in control of their reproductive health. To that end, House Republicans introduced a multitude of bills and amendments since January that would chip away at women's reproductive rights by eliminating Title X funding, defunding Planned Parenthood, imposing harsh restrictions on funding for abortions, replacing sexual education programs with abstinence-only programs, redefining rape to limit abortion exceptions, reinstating the global gag rule, supporting crisis pregnancy centers and imposing harsher parental notification laws.
August 12, 2011 12:07 pm ET filed under Blog
House Oversights - Week Of August 7
A weekly roundup of what House Republicans are and aren't doing with their committees.
July 26, 2011 12:04 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Foxx Blasts "Status-Quo Tax Hikes," Claims Dems Aren't Willing To Cut
From a July 26, 2011, speech on the House floor:
July 13, 2011 12:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Will Oversight Antics Engulf Warren's Return?
July 08, 2011 2:16 pm ET filed under Blog
House Oversights - Week of July 3
A weekly roundup of what House Republicans are and aren't doing with their committees.
June 22, 2011 10:50 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Ellmers Takes IPAB Fear Mongering To A New Extreme
June 14, 2011 2:50 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Foxx: Founding Fathers Were "Right-Wing Radicals"
From a June 14, 2011, debate on the floor of the House of Representatives:
May 25, 2011 3:22 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Bill Could Stop Doctors From Learning How To Perform Legal Abortions
May 10, 2011 5:25 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Jobs Plan: Cut Funding For Job Training Programs
April 18, 2011 10:07 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - April 17, 2011
April 18, 2011 9:45 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - April 17, 2011
On Sunday morning, first-year Tea Party Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) almost managed to upstage her party's budget chairman by wrongly insisting on ABC that the GOP's "Path to Prosperity" budget is not a voucher program, works just like the insurance benefits for members of Congress, and would be sufficient to cover the cost of medical care for seniors. But Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) still offered the biggest whopper of the morning, claiming on CBS that the GOP budget doesn't cut taxes for the rich. None of these claims is true. The Republican plan slashes income taxes for the wealthy to Herbert Hoover levels while eliminating the capital gains tax. For the non-rich, the plan would end Medicare as we know it, leaving the typical 65-year-old with over $20,000 in annual medical costs by the year 2030. Meanwhile, freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) claimed President Obama hasn't helped grow the economy, which is demonstrably false, and Walsh joined Rep. Allen West (R-FL) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) in calling for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that would in fact cripple Congress' ability to control spending and address recessions.
February 28, 2011 4:09 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Ellmers Can't Name A Single Republican-Proposed Health Care Solution
January 25, 2011 3:04 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Ellmers Wants Government-Subsidized Insurance Because Her $174,000 Salary Is Too Little
January 11, 2011 5:56 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx: Arizona Shooter's Beliefs Are "The Liberal Of The Liberals"
November 30, 2010 4:18 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx Blatantly Lies, Claims Democrats Have Not Cut Anybody's Taxes
November 30, 2010 4:17 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Foxx Lies About Taxes To Attack Democrats
Earlier today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) took to the floor of the House to criticize Democrats over taxes, claiming that Americans have not received "any tax cuts in the past four years" and lamenting the imposition of "more than $680 billion in tax increases" on the American people. However, President Obama and congressional Democrats have cut taxes for 95 percent of working families, and many of the supposed tax increases that Congress has enacted actually eliminated corporate tax loopholes. Foxx also disingenuously raised the specter of "the largest tax increase in the history of the country" while ignoring elements of Obama's proposal to extend pieces of the Bush tax cuts.
September 30, 2010 3:51 pm ET filed under Video
Anderson Cooper Interviews Anti-Muslim Candidate Renee Ellmers
July 27, 2010 2:53 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Johanns Defends GOP's Assault On The Unemployed
July 23, 2010 1:56 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Foxx Echoes GOP Doublespeak On Unemployment Benefits
July 23, 2010 12:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx Echoes GOP Doublespeak On Unemployment Benefits
July 22, 2010 11:36 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx Blames Dems For Economic Crisis
