Subject: U.S. Congressional News

• Tax Credit Update

  August 14, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Friday, 9/21

  September 21, 2007

• D'oh! Farm Bill Mistake Might Require Do-Over

  May 22, 2008

• Pitchfork: KEXP Radio Interview

  July 19, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Thursday, 7.31

  July 31, 2008

• Bacon as Political Message: Improper, but Kinda Funny

  October 7, 2008

• The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 10.14

  October 14, 2008

• How Much is a U.S. Senate Seat Worth? You Decide! (Updated)

  From the "That Didn't Take Long" department of political humor, an eBay listing for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Obama and allegedly shopped around by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Bidding started at 99 cents and, as of this writing, has reached $51. Bidders, note: Free shipping!Update at 2:10 p.m.: Unsurprisingly, the party poopers at eBay have taken down the listing. - Ian Froeb

  December 9, 2008

• Forget Dying for the Pro-Life Cause. Let's Send Postcards Instead!

  In November St. Louis' archdiocesan administrator, Bishop Robert Hermann, made headlines when he told church clergy: "I think any bishop here would consider it a privilege to die tomorrow to bring about an end to abortion." The bishop went on: "If we are willing to die tomorrow, then we should be willing to, until the end of our lives, to take all kinds of criticism for opposing this horrible infanticide." Now that's what I call conviction! So what, then, is up with the articl

  January 2, 2009

• Well That Was Easy

  Roland Burris, the man appointed by Blago to fill Obama's vacant Illinois senate seat, was officially sworn in this morning by Dick Cheney. Appropriate, no?

  January 15, 2009

• Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan To Run for U.S. Senate

  Robin CarnahanMissouri's Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced her intent this morning to replace Republican Christopher "Kit" Bond as a U.S. Senator for Missouri. Last month Bond told Missouri legislators that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. Carnahan, a Democrat, broke news of her Senate bid on her Web site. As has become de rigueur for politicians these days, the announcement also included a YouTube clip.Carnahan's brother, Russ Carnahan, currently serves in Washi

  February 3, 2009

• McCaskill: "I'm home from work. Time to focus."

  Hats off to Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who shows us again that she's one of us, "our Claire" even, this time via Twitter:http://twitter.com/clairecmcOne thing though, now that McCaskill's home from "work" (a.k.a. the U.S. Capitol), only now is she going to focus? The devotion to college basketball for alumni is especially strong, but that "tweet" might seem a little off to some.But that's a little unfair. After all, the economic stimulus bill took a step toward passage this afternoon whe

  February 9, 2009

• Headline of the Day: "Lawmakers Cheat and Drink"

  Ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been criticized by anyone with a pulse over the past two months (compared to the previous six years, when the jabs were mainly given by Illinois residents.) And in defending himself since his December 9 arrest, the politician has often veered into the absurd with his references to English literature, Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.So while it appears that during interviews and speeches, Blagojevich hasn't always been entrenched in reality, h

  February 11, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 3.4

  A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to strengthen the FDA's food-safety powers. (San Francisco Chronicle)A record number of British pubs closed last year, with much blame being assigned to a beer tax. (Guardian)The hottest cut of meat right now? Would you believe the cube steak? (New York Times)

  March 4, 2009

• Joyce Meyer Ministries Says It's Accredited

  www.joycemeyer.orgJoyce MeyerSeventeen months after the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an accounting inquiry into six television evangelists, one of those TV preachers -- Fenton's own Joyce Meyer -- says she's now financially square. Yesterday a Virginia organization called the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) issued a statement announcing that Meyer's ministry is fully accredited with its agency. In November 2007, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member

  March 13, 2009

• Debate Fever

  October 15, 2008

• It's His America

  September 17, 2008

• The Few, The Proud, The Shattered

  August 8, 2007

• The Rockwell Files

  June 6, 2007

• Red Heart the Ticker

  February 7, 2007

• Uncommon Knowledge

  November 1, 2006

• What About John?

  January 9, 2002

• The Lamest Duck

  In his final term, Dick Gephardt goes AWOL

  December 8, 2004

• Know News?

  The year in review: A quiz (For answers, see last page)

  December 31, 2003

• Purple Power

  May 21, 2003

• No Thanks, We're Brits

  October 23, 2002

• Blood and Guts

  Jean Carnahan's shooting prowess could take her into the trenches

  October 16, 2002

• Base Motives

  It's lonely at the top for Talent and Carnahan

  October 9, 2002

• Joyce Abusive

  May 29, 2002

• Series/Festivals

  December 26, 2001

• Jim Talent's Low Blow

  December 12, 2001

• Justice for John Ashcroft?

  December 27, 2000

• Will the Real John Ashcroft Please Stand Up?

  August 23, 2000

• Hand-Me-Down District

  July 19, 2000

• The Pro-Life Movement Strikes Again

  May 5, 1999

• The Morning Brew: Thursday, 6.18

  A committee in the U.S. House passes food-safety legislation. (Bloomberg)Be careful when you eat and drive. (Buffalo News)A truck carrying glaze for glazed doughnuts overturns near Seattle. Cue the Homer Simpson drooling sound.... (Q13 Fox)

  June 18, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Thursday, 7.30

  The U.S. House of Representatives votes down food-safety legislation. (Reuters)A new study, which looked at older studies, finds that organic food is not healthier than regular food. (Reuters)President Obama has chosen Bud Light as the beer of choice for his summit with Henry Louis Gates and police officer James Crowley. (Bloomberg)

  July 30, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.3

  After initially rejecting it, the U.S. House passes sweeping food-safety legislation. (Washington Post)Is the demand for meat behind the slaughter of horses in Florida? (AP)The ballyhooed 2005 vintage of Bordeaux is now a (relative) steal. (Wall Street Journal)

  August 3, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 8.5

  The U.S. Senate votes to increase the food-stamp rolls. (AP)You know who disapproved of President Obama's "beer summit"? The Women's Christian Temperance Union. For reals.Starbucks tries to make an impersonal coffee experience even more efficient. (Wall Street Journal)

  August 5, 2009

• Rep. Wilson's Outburst Is Nothing Compared to How They Used to Express Disagreement in Congress

  ​RFT managing editor Ellis Conklin offers his two cents on the latest political ramblings in Washington D.C.Goodness, have you ever seen so much hand-wringing and over-the-top condemnation over Representative Joe Wilson's unfortunate discharge Wednesday evening when he derisively hooted, "You lie!" during President Obama's healthcare address?Get a grip. Our democracy will survive, civility in the hallowed halls of Congress is not entirely dead, and somehow the nation will stumble forward.

  September 11, 2009