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HUD’s subsidies and failed oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped to inflate the housing bubble, which ultimately burst and cascaded into a major financial crisis.

Each member of Congress — including those Democrats up for re-election in 2012 — should be asked if he or she approves of executive branch officials colluding with other countries and the UN to flout the will of Congress.

It’s time for the newly elected politicians to team up with Senator Inhofe and roll back the policies. Beyond the increased debt, the climate basis for the energy policy has done much to destroy the economy and will do more unless quickly reversed.

Disclosure of confidential State Department communications will have a far reaching negative impact on US foreign relations already bruised by an inept administration.

A startling look at how U.S. immigration will add 300 million people to the country this century if policies are not changed. This dramatic presentation of the latest Census data raises serious questions about the ability of the country to achieve environmental sustainability and to meet the quality-of-life infrastructure needs of the national community.

Upton’s liberal voting record is a textbook example of why Republicans were kicked to the curb. From taxes to energy to federal government land grabs, Upton is no conservative. Call your representative to vote no 202-224-3121 on Upton.

These are the parts of America where the public employee unions have been calling the shots, insisting on expanded payrolls, ever higher pay, hugely generous fringe benefits and utterly unsustainable pension promises.

The proposal calls for a constitutional amendment that would allow the states, by a two-thirds majority vote, to repeal objectionable federal legislation and regulations.

King wants Holder to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act and has also called on Clinton to determine whether WikiLeaks could be designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

The Washington state chapter of the National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League (now known as NARAL Pro Choice) held its annual fundraiser and actually auctioned off a first-trimester abortion to take place at the Aurora Medical Services in Seattle.