Recent Votes

• Jeff Flake's plan to politicize the National Science Foundation

  Source: The Washington Post

  On Thursday, on a mostly party-line vote, the House passed an amendment by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to prohibit the National Science Foundation from funding political science research. And, in doing so, it politicized one of the main ways this country funds scientific research …

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• Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012 "Doomsday" Myth

  Source: National Geographic

  In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists have uncovered the only known mural adorning an ancient Maya house, a new study says—and it's not just any mural.    In addition to a still vibrant scene of a king and his retinue, the walls are …

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• Georgia Arrests Exemplify Violence of Radical Right | Southern Poverty Law Center

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  Last November, the FBI arrested four men in Georgia, members of a militia group who were accused of a wide-ranging plot to attack cities with the deadly ricin toxin, blow up federal buildings, and kill federal law enforcement officials and IRS agents. “When it comes time  …

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• RNC Chairman Makes the GOP's Reactionary Agenda Very Clear

  Source: Little Green Footballs

  Reince Priebus says the official position of the Republican Party is that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry, they do not see it as a civil rights issue, and what’s more, they want a constitutional amendment to enshrine their bigotry as the law of the land,  …

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• Boehner: Romney's Wealth Won't Hurt Him Because 'The American People Don't Want To Vote For A Loser'

  Source: Think Progress

  Asked by CNN’s Candy Crowley whether Romney’s wealth presented him with a “hill to climb” in tough economic times, Boehner said it wouldn’t because “the American people don’t want to vote for a loser”: CROWLEY: You know, he comes …

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