Congress
Daylin Leach Officially Running for Allyson Schwartz’s Seat
State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Duh)–fan of legalized pot, foe of genetically modified corn–is running for Allyson Schwartz’s seat in Congress, assuming she runs for governor, […]
Philly’s Feeling the Sequester Pinch: Liberty Bell Reducing Hours
At a protest that took place today on Independence Mall, City Paper caught up with three federal workers already feeling the automatic spending cuts that […]
Liberals Are Being Too Hard on Poor Old Rob Portman
Sen. Rob Portman is a vapid hypocrite—and it’s a good thing for the rest of us that he is.
Pat Toomey, Barack Obama Pretended to be Friends Over Dinner Last Night
Last night–before he ahem, droned on and on last night to temporarily filibuster Barack Obama’s controversial C.I.A. Director nominee–Pat Toomey apparently had a lovely dinner party […]
Politics 101: Sex Talks, Money Walks
A story in the news this week made me think of The Contender, a 2000 movie starring Joan Allen as Senator Laine Hanson, the first […]
Does Bill Green Want to Skip the Mayor’s Race and Run for Congress?
Whenever the subject of Philadelphia’s 2015 mayoral race comes up, the one person who is always named first or second in the pack of candidates […]
Kermit Gosnell Is the Poster Child for Roe v. Wade
Jury selection started yesterday in the capital murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with the deaths of a pregnant woman under […]
Call the Next Federal Government Crisis “Armageddon”
President Obama is running around the country trying like hell to convince the American public that the sky is falling and that it’s not his […]
Three Ways Conservatives Are Smarter Than Liberals
Over the weekend, liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes revealed he’d been asked to sit on a panel at CPAC, an annual gathering of the nation’s […]
GOP Needs a Steady Diet of Doughnuts, Water and Tupac
Republicans gathered last month at their winter meeting for a postmortem regarding their defeat last November, and what Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal called their “stupid […]
“Legitimate Rape” Guy Ranked Most Conservative Guy in Washington
Long before he postulated that pregnancies could not be caused by rape, due to the wondrous alchemical way female bodies can “shut that whole thing down,” Congressman […]
If You Were John Boehner, Your Ass Would Be Fired
All hail Presidents Day, known for automobile sales and bearable traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway. It’s not really a day for thinking about politics. Yet […]
What’s So Scary About Raising Minimum Wage?
A week ago, in his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. If […]
The Congressman and the Bikini Model
It was during the State of the Union speech, as President Obama was making his way down the aisle to the podium, that Congressman Steve […]
Frank Lautenberg Was Going to Retire…Until Cory Booker Ran for his Seat
Until recently, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg was planning to retire, leaving the field open for Cory Booker to take his place. Until, that is, Cory […]