Last week, House Republicans passed their budget for Fiscal Year 2013 without a single Democratic vote.  This week, President Obama ripped the GOP budget as one that gives more breaks to the rich, burdens the poor and threatens everything from higher education to Medicare to accurate weather forecasts.  Obama called the plan a Trojan horse […]

 

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About a year ago, members of the Iraqi army killed 34 members of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran at Camp Ashraf.  The story drew little coverage but serves as a symbol of countless mistakes from both the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq.  That’s the opinion of retired U.S. Army Col. Wesley Martin, who was […]

 

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The 2012 presidential candidates have been aggressively raising money, but some of their biggest help is coming from the supposedly independent Super PACs that are popping up on behalf of the different campaigns.  And as usual, the Capitol Steps have their own unique take on this new political wrinkle.

 

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