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More Than 60 House Dems Denounce Trump for 'Raising the Specter of Nuclear War'

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) holds a news conference on H.R.1962, the 'Free Flow of Information Act of 2013', May 22, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

House Progressives Call on Members of Congress to Sign Single-Payer Pledge

Julia Conley, staff writer

Less than 24 hours after the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act was defeated in the Senate, two progressive representatives challenged all members of Congress to take a pledge committing to advocate for single-payer healthcare. Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) streamed a press conference on Facebook Live Friday...

Barbara Lee Slams Paul Ryan for Killing Endless War Repeal 'In Dead of Night'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Refusing to debate and vote on our ongoing wars is an abdication of our...

GOP's Deja Vu Budget Slashes Social Programs to Fund Tax Cuts for Rich

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

House Republicans are under fire for their new 10-year budget blueprint ,...

Seriously? New GOP Budget Would Defund Election Security Agency

#SleevelessFriday: Congresswomen Protest Outdated Dress Code

House Passes Defense Bill Sure to Make 'War Profiteers Rejoice'

Article of Impeachment Introduced Against President Donald Trump

Progressives Demand Voting Rights Overhaul Amid GOP Suppression Efforts

Following Trump's 'Xenophobic' Playbook, House Passes Two Anti-Immigrant Bills

Ryan's Plan to Lavish Rich With Tax Cuts Is Opposite of What Americans Want

'Let's Trade Places': Aiming to Unseat Paul Ryan, Ironworker's Ad Goes Viral

Sen. Bernie Sanders Condemns 'Despicable' Attack on Republican Lawmakers

233 House Republicans Just Set Course for Next Financial Collapse

Republican's Familiar Cruelty With Rare Honesty: 'I Don't Support Livable Wage'

One Hundred Eighth Graders Boycott Paul Ryan Photo Op

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Most cringeworthy moment of a too-often cringeworthy Congress, ever: The pallid churlish leaders of the House and Senate forced by circumstance - a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King - to hold hands and join in an excruciating, swaying, bumbling rendition of "We Shall Overcome." Mitch McConnell wins the Deer In Headlights Award, by a graceless hair. Maybe one day we'll overcome these people. Here's Pete Seeger, doing it right.