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benjwah004: Have Democrats ever contemplated just leaving the country to the Republicans for ten years and then returning and conquering the decaying rubble? more »
TheBusinessGuy: Apparently the Republicans want to kill more trees as well as people. more »
halfbaked: Nice job on this story. I was looking over the bill and none of my college professors would have taken an essay with that font size and those gaping ... more »
simplicissimus: Apparently killing people to score political political points (as Rep. Alan Grayson pointed out) isn't enough for the GOP. Now they must kill trees a... more »
rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Because sweeping reform of one of America's largest industries should fit on the back of an envelope. more »
MisterHippity: I liked this piece very much. Glad you're now a regular on the Gawker night shift, Adrian! more »
lionboy: White guys always 'enhance' their packages. more »
Mediahohoho: They can read? more »
Han Valen: "Unsustainably" Hahahahahaa.... such bullshit. I would venture to say that if we were in actual danger of running out of trees because of printing t... more »
TheClap: That letter is a joke right? There arent seriously going to write the bill on rice to combat the bullshit talk about how large a bill is. What is the... more »
pollyannacowgirl: Nothing clever to contribute. Just that I despise drunk drivers immensely. And they never die in accidents; it's always their poor sober victims who... more »
sanyucat: Wait . . . there's someone named Dick Lugar? How has this not been an item before? more »
A Message To Rudy: Well, she does look like she enjoys a good highball. I bet her voice sounds like three packs of cigarettes too. more »
intime: You'd be drunk too, if you were married to Dick Lugar. more »
manchops: I'm putting my money on Laura Bush. THE DRUNKEN LIBRARIAN RIDES AGAIN! more »

#polidicks

The Senate Health Care Bill and the Stupid Politics of Printing
Ugh: So, single- vs. double-sided printing is now a health care issue. Republicans are lugging around copies of the health care bill to protest "big" government (HA)—but they are unsustainably printing single-sided to make the bill look bigger! More »
#lifeskills

Sen. Dick Lugar's Wife Arrested for Drunk Driving
Charlene Lugar, the wife of staid Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, was charged with DWI in McLean, Va., last night after driving into a parked car. Now we know who does all the partying (or vodka-in-the-coffee-thermos drinking) in the Lugar family. More »
#olddogs

Robert Byrd Is the Longest-Serving Senator Ever
Good news: the longest-serving Senator in US history isn't unreconstructed racist asshole Strom Thurmond anymore. Bad news: it is now a former Klansman. More »
#healthcare

Democratic Legislative Body Passes Adorable Health Care Bill
Good news: Health Care passed the House. The narrow margin of victory is not a cause for concern, that's just what good whipping looks like. In a functional political system, that'd be it. But no! Now we have the Senate. More »
#explainer

What Is Joe Lieberman's Plan, Exactly?
You have heard, probably, about how Connecticut Senator Joe "Wallace Wimple" Lieberman inserted himself into the health care debate by announcing that he'd join a Republican filibuster against Harry Reid's bill. But no one has explained why! More »
#heroes

Senator Roland Burris: 'This is the Meat That Caused Us Political Scientists to Even Exist'
So. What is crazy accidental Illinois Senator Roland Burris up to, these days? Oh, just Senate stuff, you know. Talking about health care. Giving speeches. Asking utterly insane questions at pointless hearings about imaginary Czars. More »
#congress

Here Is What Is Going On With Health Care
Everyone is acting like the Health Care negotiations have become crazy and impossible to figure out but that is a lie. Where we are at right now is quite simple. More »
#politics

Sen. Harry Reid Gambling on Public Option
We know we promised to shut up about it and demanded that everyone else do the same, but there is news today, about the health care reform! It is going to happen! Reid is inching toward a liberal public option. More »
#politics

Everyone Shut Up About Health Care Reform for a While
Let's make a deal: no more talking about health care reform. For a while, anyway. A couple weeks, let's say. Because no one on TV and few people in newspapers can actually explain what's going on with it. More »
#kabuki

Why Is Everyone Freaking Out over Olympia Snowe's Health Care Vote?
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will vote for the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill, but only today, and there's no guarantee she'll vote for the same bill tomorrow, because how else will she keep people paying attention to her? More »
#politics

The Two Worst Senators
So which Senate Democrats should you hate, today? There are so many to choose from! Let's name names. More »
#paulkirk

This Old Man Will Be Your Temporary Ted Kennedy
Sad! Mike Dukakis will not be the interim Senator from Massachusetts. Instead it will probably be announced tomorrow that a 71-year-old dude named Paul Kirk will keep Ted Kennedy's seat warm (for the naked dude). More »
#breaking

Robert Byrd Rushed to Hospital
Robert Byrd, the Senate's oldest member, was rushed to the hospital today after a fall in his McLean, Va., home. More »
#badideas

Have Gun, Will Travel Could be Horrific Reality
Have the political gods gone crazy? It would appear that way, because the Senate voted to allow Americans, who aren't always the most stable of folk, to carry unloaded and locked guns on Amtrak trains. How can this be good? More »
#politics

WWE CEO Linda McMahon To Run For Senate
World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is going to run for Senate from Connecticut, as a Republican, against ~~Joe Lieberman~~ Chris Dodd (whoops!). Let's learn more about her! More »
#feuds

Can ACORN Survive Latest Scandals?
The community group ACORN has come under heavy fire after two employees were filmed giving a fake hooker advice on how to commit tax fraud. Now they're thinking of suing Fox News for airing the footage. But does it matter? More »
#cartography

Al Franken's Stupid Political Junkie Trick
Al Franken does not tell jokes now that he's a serious, scholarly U.S. Senator. But there is one bit of his routine that he won't retire: his old party trick of drawing a map of the United States from memory. More »
#kennedyclan

Does Joe Kennedy's Senate Refusal Mean the End of Political Dynasty?
There may be no new Kennedy Idol after all! Joseph Kennedy II, RFK's son, said he won't run for his late Uncle Ted's Senate seat, which means Massachusetts will not have a Kennedy lawmaker for the first time since 1946. More »
#politics

Mike Dukakis To Be Ted Kennedy's Caroline Kennedy?
Sigh, Mike Dukakis. Sigh. The Boston Globe has joined the chorus of Democrats demanding that the Duke be appointed to Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. More »
#politics

Did Ted Kennedy Save Health Care Reform?
It might be crass to ask, but will the death of Ted Kennedy help health care reform, what Kennedy called "the cause of my life"? Yes, probably. But maybe not! More »

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