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How Congress Rolls: House Spends $1.4 Million Per Month on Travel

(July 21) -- It's a truth of political life (not to mention, yes, an unforgivable bastardization of a classic TV catchphrase): Have seat in Congress, will travel. As if your job depends on it. Because it very well might. Full Report How Congress Spent Your $1 Billion Food Tab: $604K on Bottled Water Interns and Pages:...

What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion

(July 21) -- Congress requires a lot of stuff to keep itself running. Like coffee. And plane tickets. And student loan payments. That's the point underscored (and underscored again) by figures collated by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that uses technology to try to make government more transparent. In...

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Bobby Rush Not The First To Violate Hat Rule

On Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was escorted off the House floor for wearing a hoodie in honor of Trayvon Martin , the teenager killed in Florida last month.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Bobby Rush Not The Only House Member To Protest Through The 'Wearing Of Hats'

On Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was escorted off the House floor for wearing a hoodie in honor of Trayvon Martin , the teenager killed in Florida last month.

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05/25/12 Cissna running to unseat Representative Young Source: Wrangell Sentinel - Wrangell AL A member of the Alaska Legislature who is vying for the Democratic nomination to face off against Republican incumbent Representative Don Young in November was in Wrangell last week to meet citizens and discuss topics important to residents in Southeast Alaska.
05/22/12 Young announces new scheduler Source: Peninsula Clarion - Kenai AK U.S. Rep. Don Young has announced a staff change in his Washington, D.C., office.
05/21/12 Alaska Congressmember Not Proposing Chumash Legislation Source: The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara CA Alaska Representative Don Young â who had a conversation in recent months with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians about Camp 4, the 1,400-acre valley property the tribe is attempting to bring into their reservation via federal legislation â will not be the one to introduce such legislation, his spokesperson said in an email Thursday.
05/21/12 Rep. Don Young's amendment could aid Eielson Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks AK Alaska has scored a win in the ongoing fight against the Air Force's plan to relocate Eielson Air Force Base's F-16 squadron â a move some see as an attempt to close the base â when U.S. Rep Don Young added Eielson-specific language to an important military spending bill.
05/18/12 Rep. Young Hits Obama for Seeking Cuts in Missile... Source: Newsmax.com A strong missile defense system is necessary to keep the United States safe from weapons of countries like North Korea, but President Barack Obama is dropping the ball on this issue, says Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young.