U.S. Congress
The Constitution says that "each state shall have at least one Representative," a clause that, according to Norris's remarkable interpretation, means that each state should have only one representative.
More people are now moving past the denial stage and are beginning to consider intelligent responses to the env=ergy problems we will face in the coming decades.
U.S. Rep. Steve Israel hits the streets of D.C. and the halls of the Capitol to ask a simple question, which most members of Congress can't answer: Why do we vote on Tuesday?
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has cast a shadow over the careers, lives and families of the service members I have come to know and respect, many of whom are LGBT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Unlike tax breaks for the wealthy, the minimum wage increase for American workers will be spent locally, which is good for local businesses, large and small, and good for a struggling economy.
If we invest in giving consumers rebates for buying new US-made cars that have drastically improved mileage, that will help the auto manufacturers, help consumers and help our balance of trade.
The creation of a "National Oil/Gas Production Authority," with responsibility to explore and develop oil, gas and shale oil deposits on national lands and the Continental Shelf would be a boon to the nation.
Those who insist that the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to fail" must also vote to accommodate the millions of shelter seeking families who are too desperate and too numerous for Congress to fail them.
McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.
I've had the misfortune to encounter Buchanan twice over the course of my eighteen years on this planet. Both meetings were excruciatingly awkward, and both punctured any idealism or hope I ever had.