This is What Happens This is What Happens
When you empower people with contempt for government.
Apr 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
This Week On Tap This Week On Tap
This week, the House considers two financial bills under suspension, HR4332 and HR5519, which would, respectively, create a financial consumer hotline and loosen restrictions on c...
Apr 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Does McCain Think NOLA Got What it Deserved? Does McCain Think NOLA Got What it Deserved?
Someone should ask him.
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
What Ledbetter Wouldn’t Do What Ledbetter Wouldn’t Do
There's been a lot of fuss about the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which Senate Republicans successfully threatened to filibuster yesterday. And since Senate members keep saying th...
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bike Commuting in Washington DC Bike Commuting in Washington DC
This morning, I came thisclose to knocking over this dude, who was yakking on his cell phone while walking out into traffic.
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Free Money” “Free Money”
Kevin Drum has the quote of the day from Sen Tom Harkin about why he can't kill the farm bill's direct payments to farmers: "I don't have the votes. People love free money." On ...
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Afternoon Links Afternoon Links
Sorry for a brief hiatus on my part: was traveling and then on deadline. Some more developed thoughts about last night's results TK, but really, the dynamics of the race remain un...
Apr 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Of Sludge and Syphilis Of Sludge and Syphilis
Note: This report has been updated. From the AP, a nausea-inducing report about how in 2005, federally funded researchers spread human and industrial waste in the yards of a poor...
Apr 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
This Week on Tap This Week on Tap
This week, the House takes steps to reduce contractor fraud as it considers HR5712, which requires contractors to alert the federal government when one of its agents violates fede...
Apr 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Friday Capitol Letter Friday Capitol Letter
In the House....Former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere once asked, "Must we starve our children to pay our debts?" Two decades later, given Africa's crushing $260-billion debt,...
Apr 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes