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DPA to Place Mock DEA “We’re Hiring” Ad in Roll Call, Skewering Agency in Wake of Scandals and Director’s Resignation
Congress has rarely scrutinized the agency, its actions or its budget, instead showing remarkable deference to the DEA's administrators.
Recently Passed Congressional Budget Plan Fails to Raise Revenues from Wealthy and Corporations
This week the US Senate approved a joint budget plan for the next fiscal year, which begins October 1.
Coddling the Rich
Congress is gutting vital programs for the poor while heaping billions of dollars of relief on a few wealthy families.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We Spend $2 Billion a Year on Congress
Corporate lobbyists spend even more to buy off our federal lawmakers, and more.
DEA Administrator Chief Michele Leonhart Expected to Resign
The news comes as no surprise to drug policy reformers who say her opposition to reform made her out of step with the Obama Administration.
What Did Democrats Win in the Cardin Compromise on the Corker Bill?
If Congress gave itself a power that it already had, what were they really fighting about?
Progressive Groups Call for Congress to Let Diplomacy Work
Jewish Voice for Peace joins the call for Senators to reject Corker bill.
Congressional Budget Plans Get Two-Thirds of Cuts From Programs for People With Low or Moderate Incomes
The new Congressional plans chart a radically different course, imposing their most severe cuts on people on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
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Why the House of Representatives Doesn’t Represent the US Public
It really is all about money in politics.