WASHINGTON (AP) — Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting of new securities transactions within 30 days, all part of an effort by Congress to boost its dismal approval ratings that are now in the teens. (more)
A recent Washington Times story carried this headline: “Congress logs most futile legislative year on record.” The subhead forecast “scant accomplishment for ’12 session.” (more)
A number of Hollywood actors, directors, producers and musicians are throwing their support against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). (more)
Opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the bill that threatens to block large swathes of foreign websites for alleged copyright infringement, have complained that Congress has yet to hear their voice. (more)
The beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions and taking stock, and for members of Congress a lot of resolutions and stock-taking may be in order. (more)
The firm GoDaddy, a major registrar of website names, faces a likely wave of customer defections Thursday, and it’s all about the politics of that freewheeling information conduit known as the Internet. (more)
These days, big-spenders in Washington, D.C. rarely catch a break from fiscal conservatives, and Christmas is no exception. (more)
The theft of personal and business property and its distribution for profit far predates the development of the Internet. But what’s new to the Internet age is the ease with which stolen property or counterfeit goods ranging from fake drugs to substandard military equipment can be distributed on a massive scale throughout the world. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prohibit members of Congress and their employees from using nonpublic information to enrich themselves. (more)
Native Americans understand through very personal experience that this country’s history is one of conflict and compromise. At our finest moments, Indian and American political leaders have worked together to promote a positive vision and a sense of responsibility toward future generations. In many cases that partnership has resulted in achieving a common ground where mutually beneficial compromise is possible. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress, battling single digit approval ratings, are paying attention to the perception that some lawmakers enriched themselves through insider trading. (more)
Several members of Congress will band together next Tuesday at 1:15 to demand “answers and accountability” on Operation Fast and Furious from Attorney General Eric Holder, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)
Republicans’ economic proposals are inflexible, insincere, selfish and motivated by the pursuit of partisan advantage rather than by a concern for Americans, according to President Barack Obama’s statements to an international press conference at the G-20 meeting Friday morning. (more)
Day after day, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have pushed their jobs bills — as they did again Wednesday in Georgetown and on Capitol Hill — but there’s little evidence the message is resonating outside the Beltway. (more)
President Obama invoked God Wednesday as he criticized Congress for voting on commemorative coins and a resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the national motto. (more)
Members of Congress had a collective net worth of more than $2 billion in 2010, a nearly 25 percent increase over the 2008 total, according to a Roll Call analysis of Members’ financial disclosure forms. (more)
By using the term “Republican Congress,” says New York GOP congressman Tom Reed, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are “forgetting” that their party controls the Senate. (more)
For a sitting congressman, there are few things worse than being advised what to do by a “former.” So, it is in this spirit that I tread cautiously on the most important issues now in front of the House and Senate. (more)
Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that congressional opposition to the American Jobs Act is akin to the Confederate “states in rebellion.” (more)
Republican House Speaker John Boehner reacted to President Barack Obama’s decision to ask his Jobs Council to find areas of his jobs plan to implement without congressional approval, saying that Congress will “continue” to “control the purse strings.” (more)
