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A rebellion is always legal in the first person, such as our rebellion." It is only in the third person - "their rebellion" - that it becomes illegal." 289 days since ... . Navigation TUBOB Syndicate Submitted by TUBOB on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 9:16pm. Most of the time Democrats are right on almost everything, except the best martinis at clubhouses on ...

Note: lesson learned: always go by official roll call votes . What was once eight is now four.

The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health care overhaul legislation that would require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so.

THE SCRAPBOOK is pleased to see so many national Democratic leaders whistling a happy tune after last Tuesday's elections.

In a late-night vote on Capitol Hill, the representatives from Eastern Washington and Western Idaho both voted against the House of Representatives' version of health care reform.

Reporting from Washington - With a historic floor vote looming on their healthcare bill, House Democratic leaders secured an 11th-hour compromise late Friday night to settle a long-simmering debate over how to restrict federal funding for abortion.

290 days since ... . Navigation There are currently 1 user and 3 guests online. Sisyphus Syndicate Submitted by Sisyphus on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 6:25pm. Within hours of Obama's speech giving strong support for the House Bill on health care reform, and with the endorsement of the bill by both the American Medical Association and the AARP, Congressman ...

Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick today applauded the passage of a bill to extend federal jobless benefits for as many as 20 more weeks.

But when you think about it, religion has never really had a big problem with murder.

Do liberals and conservatives eat different food? Hand posed the question to BW columnist Bill Cope.

Campaign finance reports from the Northwest for the cycle ending September 30 showed mostly the expected.

KIVI Today's Channel 6 News Mountain Home AFB, Gowen Field Both on F-35 Short List Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressmen Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick have notified commanders at both the Mountain Home Air Force Base and the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field they have both qualified as top five locations, in their respective ...

I reiterated to my interview guest that three Obama Administration appointees have expressed their appreciation for communism.

The House Financial Services Committee voted 39 to 29 on Thursday to approve a bill that would create a consumer financial protection agency, clearing the first hurdle to enacting a key priority in the Obama administration's regulatory reform plan.

The House Financial Services Committee voted on Thursday to create an agency to protect consumers from predatory lending, deceptive credit card terms and other abuses.

Creating a federal agency to regulate home loans, credit cards, savings accounts and other financial services won the approval of a key House committee on Thursday in spite of loud complaints from banks and businesses.

Idaho's representatives in Washington, D.C. are massing behind a push to require bills be posted on the Internet at least 72 hours before Congress votes on them.

When ACORN came to Idaho in 2007, its first act was bringing a traffic engineer to Latah and Nez Perce streets and getting the city to turn the intersection into a four-way stop.

A new federal rule that banned some imported folding knives might have been good for a Post Falls company.

By Sarah Lovenheim Announced candidates for federal office had until midnight Thursday to file campaign finance reports for the quarter that ended Sept.