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House Committee Approves 20-Week Abortion Ban

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House is girding for another wrenching debate on abortion after a House panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. Several recent court decisions

House Committee Approves 20-Week Abortion Ban

Holder: No Written Recusal on AP Phone Record Grab

During his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said there is nothing in writing verifying he actually recused himself from the Associated Press phone records seizure scandal. “We looked,” Holder said when being questioned

Holder: No Written Recusal on AP Phone Record Grab

Anonymous Attacks Threaten to Derail Very Reforms They Want

There’s been a rash of activity recently by the “hackivist” group Anonymous against US government websites as part of what’s been called #OpLastResort. The attacks started when group attacked Department of Justice computers on January 25th. The attack was significant

Anonymous Attacks Threaten to Derail Very Reforms They Want

House Readies Its Own Immigration Plan

Today, it was revealed that a small group of House members have been meeting to draft legislation on immigration reform. The effort is reminiscent of the “Gang of 8” agreement in the Senate announced with great fan fare just over

House Readies Its Own Immigration Plan

Take Down 132 Websites in 'Cyber Monday' Crackdown

132 websites were seized on Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and European officials for allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise. The seizures were timed for “Cyber Monday” because that is the day many online retailers offer great discounts and promotions.  This

Take Down 132 Websites in 'Cyber Monday' Crackdown

Good News and Bad for Congressional 'Ethics'

The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), the most important ethics reform for the House in a generation, appears to be safe from being disbanded for now. While Republican leadership has never liked the idea of the OCE, this was the

Is Your Congressman or Senator a 'National Security Failure'?

The Center just released its ninth National Security Scorecard for the 111th Congress, 2009-2010, and identified several “Champions of National Security” – legislators who voted 100% with the Center’s positions on all votes for which they were present. Members of

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Stephen Kolbert Klowns for Kongress

We knew that Congress was fundamentally unserious, but we had no idea it was this unserious: [youtube YsvclalwR7k nolink] Unbelievable. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, who invited the fake “conservative” “journalist,” should be ashamed of herself. Meanwhile… News of real importance was