Rep. Steve Cohen: "The war on drugs has been a terrible mistake"

"Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) called on the U.S. House floor for an end to the 40-year war on drugs, which Cohen said had spent trillions of dollars to incarcerate millions of people for non-violent crimes. “Now don’t get the wrong impression; I’m not suggesting...

Rep. Crowley doesn’t say a word in his speech against GOP - VIDEO

"Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) gave a unique speech on the House floor— one in which he didn’t utter a single word. Using tearsheets to illustrate his rebuttal to the Republican budget plans that would slash hundreds of thousands of public jobs and effectively eliminate...

Missing Wisconsin Democrats to face $100 per day fine

"Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday adopted a resolution that would fine missing Democrats $100 every day they remain away from the state capital, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters. The measure could also force the absentee lawmakers to forfeit...

Wisconsin protesters stay put; defiant governor holds ground

"Union workers and activists celebratede early Monday in the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison as police relented and let them spend another night on the marble floors of the building's rotunda. "This is a huge, huge moment, and that's why you are seeing dancing and hearing...

Iowa Gov. : 2012 caucuses will move if Florida refuses to budge

"As Florida Republicans threaten to disrupt the presidential nominating calendar by holding their 2012 primary date in January instead of later in the year, Iowa's Republican governor is vowing to protect the traditional first-in-the-nation status of his state's...