Boehner's Waterloo:
Obama Signs 2012 Spending BillJustice Department Blocks South Carolina's Racist Voter ID LawObama Campaign, Dems Set Ambitious Goal
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Boehner blows it:
House Republicans Cave on Payroll Tax Cut ExtensionLabor board passes rule streamlining union electionsBoston-based conservative blogger Nadia Naffe: Admitted felon James O'Keefe became verbally and relentlessly abusive after she told him she was backing out of his next “undercover” film project
Corruption, obstruction, and a win for health:
Obama Presses Congressional Leaders Over Payroll Tax StandoffObama Administration Announces Standards to Keep Families Safe from Mercury and Other PollutantsThe GOP plan to block your voteBoehner's office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes beatingSenate Republicans keep pressure on House to pass payroll tax cut extensionYour wonky read for the week: Occupy the Progressive MovementCountrywide Agrees to Miniscule $335 Million Settlement Over Discriminatory Subprime LoansHouse Ethics Committee Closes Loophole Rep. Don Young (R-Crook) Exploited
Corruption, obstruction, and a win for justice:
Republican Unity Cracks as Election NearsTax cut fight ends ugly (read: disastrous) year for Boehner2011: the Year of the Right-Wing Media's War on the American WorkerHouse Rejects Payroll Tax Cut ExtensionThrow Away the Key: American Terrorist Kevin Harpham Gets 32 Years for Failed MLK Parade Bomb AttackPresident Obama slams Republican refusal to vote on payroll tax cut dealObama Marks End of Iraq War
CREW: Gingrich illegally profits off campaignMajor Victory for Whistleblowers in Seventh Circuit Says Retaliation is a RICO ViolationBoehner Says House GOP Will Reject Senate Payroll Tax CutIn Murky Republican Contest, the Clearest Target Is GingrichHarry Reid: 'I will not re-open negotiations' until House Republicans pass bipartisan tax cut deal