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Republican rep. on Cuba trip probe: ‘The diva of Beyonce’ is not ‘above the law’
A Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives vowed on Tuesday to press forward with an investigation into a trip to Cuba taken by singers Beyonce and Jay-Z last week even after sources at the Treasury Department suggested that the trip had been authorized. During an interview with Rep.…
Watch live: House debates Sandy relief funding
U.S. House of Representatives is in session for consideration of Sandy relief and other issues. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Jan. 4. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Barney Frank: Members of the House are smart — except for those elected in 2010
In video published online Wednesday, outgoing Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told PBS NewsHour that most members of the U.S. House of Representatives were of above-average intelligence. However, he provided a clear exception: those elected in 2010, when a wave of tea party Republicans joined Congress. “What I have found is…
House unanimously blocks imaginary UN plot to control the Internet
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution (PDF) declaring that Congress is firmly opposed to the Untied Nations taking control of the Internet — something the global governing body has not proposed to do. In an echo of a recent Senate vote on a treaty on…
Officer intervenes as U.S. congressmen nearly come to blows at debate
A uniformed officer was forced to separate two members of the U.S. House of Representatives who became physical during a debate in California on Thursday night. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) were debating for the San Fernando Valley congressional district seat when an…
Jon Stewart reviews the ‘f*cking crazy people’ on the national stage
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart provided an overview of the recent string of bizarre statements made by members of Congress. “Why do we have such nuts in the U.S. House of Representatives? Because in the state House of Representatives they think the mini-series Roots…
Atheists condemn House resolution to reaffirm importance of religion
The Secular Coalition for America on Tuesday blasted a resolution proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives that “reaffirms the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens.” “A resolution that ‘reaffirms the importance of religion’—specifically a Judeo-Christian religion—in the lives of Americans excludes the many Americans for…
House GOP trying to fast-track tax cut bill for wealthy and corporations
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill designed to turn back the Senate Democrats’ victory earlier this week on Bush-era tax cuts by extending tax cuts for the wealthy and making it harder to modify tax law. According to Think Progress, if the new…
Sen. Leahy: Time running out on Violence Against Women Act
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday warned that the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act could die in the U.S. House of Representatives. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized twice since, provides funding to local communities to improve their response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.…
NARAL blasts the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act
Legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Wednesday could threaten medical professional involved in abortions with jail time, according to NARAL Pro-Choice America, one of the biggest pro-choice advocacy groups. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA)…
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