Zombies Attack Office

Zombies protest congressman's office: MyFoxORLANDO.com

Boehner's Poll Numbers Drop

An article published today reports that Speaker John Boehner has been dropping in the polls among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. The largest drop came from Independents that demonstrated a 27 percentage point decline. A Washington Post-ABC News poll showed similar results.

Sandoval appoints Heller to fill Ensign seat

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/27/6544161-sandoval-appoints-heller-to-fill-ensign-seat

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) appointed Congressman Dean Heller (R) to fill Sen. John Ensign's (R) Senate seat.

Hellen is already running in 2012 for a seat in the Senate.

DSCC Matt Canter comments: "As the unelected senator, Dean Heller will now be forced to explain to all Nevadans why he is working in Washington to end Medicare and cut loans for small businesses that create clean-energy jobs in Nevada. Becoming the unelected senator will come with a level of heightened scrutiny that will hurt Heller in a general election."

It was confirmed again...Obama is a U.S. citizen

President Obama releases his detailed birth certificate but first scolds the news outlets. The news outlets, Pres. Obama said, spent too much time on this issue. Obama and Congress have greater issues to solve and the issue of Obama's birth place should not have distracted the nation from more pressing matters.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42779923/ns/politics-white_house/from/toolbar

Heller to replace Ensign

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has announced that Rep. Dean Heller will replace current Senator John Ensign after his imminent resignation. Heller has been the presumed choice for the appointment, although his appointment is complicated by the fact that he will have to be replaced through a special election, as discussed in class.

Trump hopes "direct aim at Obama" will take him "all the way to the White House."

In an interview with Bonnie Gosh, Donald Trump "suggests that Barack Obama was a poor student, who didn't deserve to get into the Ivy League schools he attended."
His evidence?
Trump: "I heard he was a terrible student...he went to Occidental. Heard he was a terrible student."
And "Trump admitted he did not have any specific evidence proving Obama to be a bad student."

If Mr. Trump does indeed announce his intentions to run for President, he may want to refine his debate skills.

Congressional History: Quickly, Quickly

Some artifacts of congressional history, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Robert A. Taft on labor law reform (Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose) :




A timeline of campaign finance reform and Wisconsin Right to Life and Citizens United
A timeline of congressional reforms.

Polarization of House and Senate.
Polarization of leaders