Christian Science Monitor/ Gail Russell Chaddock, Staff writer / October 19, 2011 Firefighters, in town to lobby for a $35 billion jobs bill, so jammed a cavernous Senate hearing room that many had to be asked to leave – for exceeding the fire code.… more »

Reuters By Richard Cowan and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in "super committee" deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year's budg… more »

NY Times This article is by Michael Barbaro, Jeff Zeleny and Monica Davey. Democrats are expressing growing alarm about President Obama’s re-election prospects and, in interviews, are openly acknowledging anxiety about the White House’s ability… more »

Politico President Barack Obama spent much of the past month beating up on one of the country’s least popular institutions: the United States Congress. This isn’t going over well with Democrats, who still run the Senate side of the Capitol and are ti… more »

Conservative RefocusBy Barry Secrest Note to the Media:  It's just not working.... I find it fascinating how most of the people I run into who, more often than not these days, now desire to strike up a conversation on what in the Sam Hill's going o… more »