A Republican-controlled House passed a bill Thursday that could approve the TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline project. The bill also could open portions of the nation’s coasts to offshore drilling. House GOP wants control of pipeline The legislation, approved 237-187, wrests control of the $7 billion Keystone project away from the Obama administration. If passed [...]
Two Democratic congresswomen walked out of a House Oversight Committee meeting on birth control Thursday morning. Calling the meeting an “autocratic regime,” the Congresswomen decided to vacate the meeting after committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., refused to allow a progressive woman to speak. Contraception mandate challenged The purpose of the meeting was to discuss [...]
On Monday, Washington became the seventh state in the nation to legally allow same sex marriages. Governor Chris Gregoire (D) signed the recently-passed bill into law. The governor signed the bill surrounded by supporters and gay rights advocates. But even as the ink was drying, opponents to the measure were vowing to fight to repeal [...]
On Wednesday, Indiana became the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation. The state bill’s passage, in essence, disallows workers from unionizing. Now labor groups are embracing the Occupy movement and planning high-profile protest demonstrations at Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday. Many demonstrations planned The Indiana chapter of one of the nation’s largest trade unions — [...]
A recent viral video purports to show grainy footage of a Wooly Mammoth alive and well in Siberia. The footage has been revealed to be not only a hoax, but involved theft of a legitimate documentary filmmaker’s hard work. A mammoth hoax The Wooly Mammoth is one of the largest mammals to have walked the [...]
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Indiana state representative Bob Morris has caused a controversy for decrying the Girl Scouts as promoting “feminist, lesbian” and “Communist” ideals. Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma began handing out Girl Scout cookies during a legislative session in reaction. Out of right field A state representative in Indiana has caused a stir for inflammatory [...]
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