• Congress, pointing fingers amid shutdown stalemate, returns to work https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-returns-work-pointing-fingers-amid-shutdown-stalemate-n839466 5 comments 20/1/2018 politics
• Trump points to Congress on Puerto Rico assistance https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-trump/trump-points-to-congress-on-puerto-rico-assistance-iduskbn1ch1kg 3 comments 12/10/2017 politics
• Why September could be the breaking point for Trump and Republicans in Congress http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/september-breaking-point-trump-gop-congress-article-1.3464879 62 comments 3/9/2017 politics
• Adam Schiff points to a second insurrection — by members of Congress themselves https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/adam-schiff-midnight/ 217 comments 9/10/2021 politics
• Republican Leaders in Congress Could Stop This at Any Point. They Choose Not To. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35045206/republicans-congress-challenge-electoral-college-trump/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_esq&utm_medium=email&date=122220&utm_campaign=nl22388133 52 comments 22/12/2020 politics
• Trump Attempts To Sidestep Congress By Ordering 4 Points Of Coronavirus Relief https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-executive-orders-payroll-unemployment-coronavirus_n_5f2f0fc2c5b6e96a22b35fcc 35 comments 8/8/2020 politics
• Protesters storm Congress to fight tax bill, as cameras point elsewhere https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/18/protesters-storm-congress-to-fight-tax-bill-as-cameras-point-elsewhere/?utm_term=.8effa1c48503 14 comments 19/12/2017 politics
• Trump and Russians use same talking point to disparage CIA, Congress over hacks http://americablog.com/2017/01/trump-russians-use-talking-point-disparage-cia-congress-hacks.html 15 comments 6/1/2017 politics
• Poll: approval of Dems in Congress up to 53%, 5 points higher than republicans' approval http://www.pensitoreview.com/2011/01/13/poll-approval-of-dems-in-congress-up-to-53-5-points-higher-than-republicans/ 16 comments 13/1/2011 politics
• "Millennials reporting they will “definitely” vote in November prefer Republican-led Congress by a four-point margin" http://www.iop.harvard.edu/october-29-2014-fall-2014-survey 5 comments 29/10/2014 politics
• Don't buy White House spin — at this point Congress must salvage integrity of US presidency https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/463232-dont-buy-trumps-spin-conflating-ukraine-call-notes-with-the-whistleblower 33 comments 26/9/2019 politics
• 'Pressure Reaching Boiling Point' as Congress Has Just 24 Hours to Save Net Neutrality https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/20/pressure-reaching-boiling-point-congress-has-just-24-hours-save-net-neutrality?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=reddit&utm_source=news 9 comments 20/12/2018 technology
• 'Pressure Reaching Boiling Point' as Congress Has Just 24 Hours to Save Net Neutrality https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/20/pressure-reaching-boiling-point-congress-has-just-24-hours-save-net-neutrality 25 comments 20/12/2018 politics
• At this point, it would be pretty easy to impeach Donald Trump—if Congress wanted to https://newrepublic.com/minutes/138964/point-pretty-easy-impeach-donald-trumpif-congress-wanted-to 156 comments 22/11/2016 politics
• Ray Lahood: Congress is Pushing Our Infrastructure to the Point of Disaster http://time.com/3860397/ray-lahood-amtrak-tragedy-infrastructure/ 69 comments 16/5/2015 politics
• Pentagon's pro-war Talking Points sent to Congress may be Illegal http://abcnews.go.com/politics/story?id=2082838&page=1 5 comments 16/6/2006 reddit.com
• After UCC Shooting, White House Points Finger At Congress For Abandoning Gun Control http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/01/3708220/white-house-ucc-shooting-statement/ 22 comments 1/10/2015 politics
• Bush has subverted the Constitution to the point that Congress has to pass a resolution to reclaim the right to declare war - a right enshrined in the Constitution http://wor.ldne.ws/node/9130 23 comments 29/10/2007 politics
• White House re-commits to posting bills online for public commentary -- now will post bills *before* they are passed by Congress, at a point when language can still be changed, and allow for more than 5 days of public commentary. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/politics/22pledge.html?hpw 194 comments 22/6/2009 politics
• ‘No level playing field for Lok Sabha polls': Congress points to electoral bonds, freezing of accounts https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-level-playing-field-for-lok-sabha-polls-congress-points-to-electoral-bonds-freezing-of-accounts-101711003247364.html 20 comments 21/3/2024 india
• The sister of the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi said she doesn't blame Hillary Clinton for Chris Stevens' death, instead pointing to Congress for under-budgeting the State Department. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/politics/stevens-family-clinton-benghazi-interview/index.html 37 comments 29/6/2016 politics
• The 113th Congress has passed all of 55 laws so far this year, seven fewer at this point than the 112th Congress — the least productive Congress ever. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/us/politics/least-productive-congress-on-record-appears-in-no-hurry-to-produce.html 8 comments 4/12/2013 politics
• "The Romneys put up a trust that pays them 8% of its assets a year until they die, at which point the Mormon church gets what’s left in the account. Congress restricted this tactic, the so-called charitable remainder trust, a year later after being abused by rich tax avoiders." http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/bloomberg_digs_up_more_on_romn.php 11 comments 31/10/2012 politics
• ". . . if you believe fundamentally in Medicare, at this point you've got two choices, tear up your Republican party membership or give up the control of Congress." - Anthony Wiener http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/26/978703/-hot-damn!-classic-anthony-weiner-rant-on-house-floor!?via=siderec 5 comments 26/5/2011 politics
• Rush tells listeners to call Congress and stop HCR. Gives the number of a pro-reform group, which provides callers pro-reform talking points before sending to Congressional switchboard. Hillarity ensues. http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/19/alert-the-patriots-tyrants-are-ruining-our-country/#more-23730 4 comments 20/3/2010 politics
• Davis: Bush has so destroyed the party’s public standing and Congress has become so infected with a win-at-all-costs mentality that there is no point in staying. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/magazine/05davis-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all 3 comments 10/10/2008 politics
• In the new deal to avoid government shutdown congress also put in their pay raise. Why. Why do we keep letting these jokers take our money without our say as they sit at home and do nothing? At this point I’m going to run just for the paycheck. It’s not like it has standards. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/18/politics/government-funding-bill-congress-explainer 11 comments 19/12/2024 politics
• The FBI Warned Congress of Right-Wing Violence Before Jan. 6th. Capitol Police Leaders Never Saw the Report. | Former security officials pointed fingers at each other over failures that led to the insurrection. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/the-fbi-warned-congress-of-right-wing-violence-before-jan-6th-capitol-police-leaders-never-saw-the-report/ 40 comments 23/2/2021 politics
• Democrats Zero In on President’s Fitness for Office as Election Looms | Pointing to President Trump as a cautionary tale, Democrats proposed naming a group of outside experts to advise Congress on when to invoke the 25th Amendment to forcibly revoke an impaired president’s powers. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/politics/trump-pelosi-25th-amendment-fitness.html 5 comments 9/10/2020 politics
• The disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has hardened resistance in the U.S. Congress to selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, already a sore point for many lawmakers concerned about the humanitarian crisis created by Yemen’s civil war. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-politics-dissident-arms/journalists-disappearance-hardens-u-s-congress-stance-on-saudi-arms-deals-iduskcn1mm00o?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 31 comments 12/10/2018 worldnews
• Barney Frank Came Back To Congress And Ran Circles Around Everyone: Barney Frank isn’t in Congress anymore. But you wouldn’t have known it if you’d seen him in a Tuesday House hearing, where he eviscerated an anti-LGBT bill in such granular detail that Republicans couldn’t dispute his points. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barney-frank-anti-lgbt-bill_us_578680abe4b03fc3ee4ee784 11 comments 14/7/2016 politics
• "I think everybody in Congress and the executive branch understands that's it gotten to the point where they have to do something," said Kurt Opsahl, senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57616144-38/surveilling-the-new-year-the-nsa-story-moves-into-2014/ 37 comments 30/12/2013 politics
• Beware of Gerrymandering Denialists! (Weigel, Slate) ("The point isn't that gerrymandering gave us this Congress; it's that it was designed to keep this Congress and to protect (mostly) Republicans from harm if they screw up terribly") http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/10/09/beware_of_gerrymandering_denialists.html 11 comments 9/10/2013 politics
• Republican members of Congress raised no objections when they first saw internal emails detailing the evolution of the administration’s talking points on Benghazi almost two months ago, and House Speaker John Boehner declined to attend or send a representative to that briefing http://www.salon.com/2013/05/10/wh_republicans_had_no_concerns_about_benghazi_emails/ 8 comments 10/5/2013 politics
• Governor Christie (R-NJ), blasting Boehner and Congress over the delay of Sandy relief funding, points out that Northeast states such as New Jersey and New York send more to the federal government in taxes than they get back in federal aid, unlike many Red states represented in Congress http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/opinion/avlon-christie-sandy-aid/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 29 comments 3/1/2013 politics
• Commentary: Now's the time to debate health care like adults. Start with the biggest sticking point: the mandate everyone must purchase insurance. what if Congress came up with a better idea? ...Medicare for All. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/17/106917/nows-the-time-to-debate-health.html 5 comments 18/1/2011 politics
• Our politics has become just another form of sports entertainment, our Congress a forum for legalized bribery and our main lawmaking institutions divided by toxic partisanship to the point of paralysis. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/opinion/29friedman.html?src=me&ref=homepage 3 comments 30/9/2010 reddit.com
• Did you hear FDR prolonged the Great Depression? Conservatives' newest talking point - designed to stop Congress from passing an economic stimulus package - is breathtaking. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/02/sirota_fdr_depression/ 4 comments 2/1/2009 business
• If Congress doesn't grow a backbone & impeach this admin. before they leave office the precedent will be set & the Constitutional question of the future will be: "What is the point of Congress?" http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75942/ 3 comments 6/2/2008 politics
• To Those Who Criticize Ron Paul's 'Crazy' Ideas- So What? What If Some Of His Ideas Are Crazy? The Point Is His Return To The Constitution Means He Won't Be Making Unilateral Decisions W/O The Congress Like Bush! http://politics.reddit.com/info/2uvke/comments 40 comments 29/9/2007 politics