Last Updated Stories in U.S. Congress

The Republican Party rejects background checks on guns

Senator Ron Johnson, of our state of Wisconsin, has blood on his hands, along with other Republican Senators. He seemed that doing the bidding of the gun makers (the major benefactors of the NRA) by voting against universal background checks on all gun sales in America, was...

Beyonce for same sex marriage

Issues in the NewsI. To those who state that we shouldn't have registration of guns or even background checks because Hitler took away all the guns of Germans, that is a myth. The average German continued to enjoy gun ownership throughout the world. Indeed, it was...

Gun control and does my saying I am an atheist insult you?

Issues in the News: I. Global warming is the worst that has been seen since 11,000 years ago. That's a darn long time. It took 4000 years for the earth to warm 1.25 degrees C (which is over 2 degrees F) from 11,000 years ago to 7000 years ago. Tiny marine organisms were used...

Congresswoman Sinema takes oath of office on the Constitution

There was a talk show host six years ago who was upset that Keith Ellison, a Congressman from Minnesota, was going to put his hand on the Quran when taking the oath of office. Obviously Ellison is a Muslim. It, like all religions, are mythologies, but Ellison has a right to...

GOP congressman Akin again puts foot in mouth and theocrat judge

You might remember Republican Missouri Congressman Todd Akin. The man running for the U.S. Senate from that state, who believes that women who suffer "legitmate rape" don't get pregant, even though there are about 30,000 pregnancies per year to women who have been raped....

Why did the government lie to us about benefits of marijuana?

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner stated that the frontrunner in Mexico's presidential election, "sounds like a reversion to PRI policies of old." The PRI being the dominant political party in Mexico over the last 100 years. The fact is, this candidate, Pena...

The movie Paul, a pro-athiest theme to it?

I was watching the movie Paul, and I have to say, it definately had a very pro-atheist/humanist/reason perspective. Good. Rarely is there a movie or show that without hestitation or apology states that religion is not true. In particular, the movie strongly condemns...

Why are Republicans wasting taxes building a new nuclear bomber

Republicans in Congress voted overwhelmingly to fund research into a new bomber that is capable of dropping a nuclear bomb. This bomber would become operational by the 2020s. This should go without saying, but we as a nation don't need a nuclear capable bomber, because the...

Why does the Christian rightwing need government endorsement?

William Murray is the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair. The woman who supposedly forced religion out of public schools. Maybe the most hated person by the Christian right-wing, even two decades after her death. Actually, like most things, it was not quite that simple.Her lawsuit...

Why did 90% of Republicans vote against state medical marijuana?

The vast majority of Americans support medical marijuana. The numbers are staggering, in how supportative they are in fact. Indeed, a bare majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, and not just for medical purposes. With that in mind, why is the Republican...

President Obama, please lead on marriage equality and marijuana

Vice President Joe Biden has come out in full support of marriage equality for gays and lesbians in the U.S. Good for him! In an interview Vice President Biden stated: "I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men...

Gay marriage is like a child driving? Someone believes that.

Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler believes that same sex marriage is like an uncle marrying his niece and a 50 year old marrying a 12 year old girl. Yes, she said that. She also believes that it is comparable to a 3 year old driving a car. At least, she didn't compare...

On this Saturday, celebrate reason at the Reason Rally in D.C.

Today, March 24th, is the Reason Rally being held at the Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a day to celebrate our nation, which was founded upon the usage of human reason. Yes, we are the first and still maybe the only nation founded upon this important principle. Reason is the...

Republicans do the bidding of the oil companies?

Republicans stated that we need the Keystone Oil pipeline to ship oil from Canada to the U.S. O.K., I thought we needed to improve environmental standards in regards to the pipeline, especially when it comes to important underground water that it might potentially pollute,...

Gay Congressman Frank to marry and marriage equality in WA

 Barney Frank, the longtime congressman (and the first openly gay congressman) is getting married. To his longtime partner Jim Ready. I guess he is now Ready. Sorry, bad pun.While this marriage by Frank (in I assume his home state of Massachusetts) is legal there, it...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from