“In the big picture, Grover — like, I just read this week that corporate profits are back to their pre-recession levels, 15 percent of GDP,” Bill Maher said on his HBO program this week. “And, yet, they have given no money to raising wages, nothing to reinvesting. It looks like maybe they, along with the Republican Congress, want to keep a

BILL MAHER: What do you think of your boy, Mitt Romney though? He -- not only is he against gay marriage, but he had a big flap about this last week because he had an openly gay spokesman for national security issues named [Richard] Grenell. This guy was John Bolton's spokesman. He was a neo-con. He'd been in Republican politics for decades and

Eleanor Clift makes her Election 2012 prediction on the McLaughlin Group.

North Carolina Democrat Governor Beverly Perdue told reporters today that Tuesday's marriage amendment makes North Carolina "look like Mississippi." 61 percent of NC citizens voted for the amendment. Beverly wasn't one of them.

"I think labor will do some help. I think it won't be as much as it was in the past," AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said on Bloomberg TV's "Political Capital with Al Hunt" this weekend. "Yeah. It's going to take a little more time, because of some issues in there, but in many sectors of our membership, they're already enthusiastic and they're alr

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"If there were anything that ever needed changing in this body, it’s the filibuster rules, because it’s been abused, abused, abused," Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said about visiting the landmark sites.

We all know the past few years have been difficult for this country. After the worst recession of our lifetimes, it will take longer than any of us would like for the economy to fully recover. But there are plenty of steps we can take to speed up the recovery. There are things we can do – right now – to help create jobs and restore some of t

Hello, I'm Kristi Noem from the great state of South Dakota. I'm a proud wife, mother, rancher, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. Last week, I took on another title, 'college graduate.' When I was 22, I had to leave school to help run our family farming and ranching operation after my dad died in an accident on our far