This week, the Senate rejected the House plan for funding the government through the remainder of the fiscal year.  It also spiked the plan offered by Democrats.  So what happens next and why does Arizona Rep. David Schweikert describe the performance of President Obama and other Democrats as ‘pathetic’?  Will we get nothing but short […]

 

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In the past couple of days, Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature succeeded in passing legislation ending collective bargaining for public sector employees.  Why did the GOP finally decide not to wait for the Democrats to return?  How serious are the threats to recall some members of the state senate?  What else is on the GOP […]

 

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An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan today, triggering a massive tsunami that has killed hundreds and rolled all the way to the west coast of the United States.  What happened in the earth’s crust?  Why did this quake trigger such a major tsunami?  Was this along a major fault line?  Is there […]

 

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As Congress fails to find a long-term budget solution, the Capitol Steps have some fun with the Tea Party and its expectations of Republicans in the budget debate.  Our guest is the Steps’ Elaina Newport.

 

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Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty breate a sigh of relief that the GOP is not trying to get Joe Scarborough to run for Senate.  We lament that the hearings on islamic radicalism turned into a media circus accusing the chairman of discrimination.  And we wonder why President Obama thinks it would be easier […]

 

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