If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking...

The BPR Media Team explores myths about U.S. debt via stop-motion animation. #debtceiling #debt #Congress #senate #HouseofRepresentatives

The BPR Media Team explores the U.S. government shutdown. #Congress #fiscalpolicy #shutdown

So much has been written recently about America’s 113th Congress. More specifically, so much has been written about a government...

“Drunk people ran it better!” Or as Jack Sparrow might have said, “Where has all the bipartisanship and cross-party cooperation gone?” It...

“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors...

Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of...

Despite all post-electoral promises to the contrary, Congressional and state Republicans last week reverted to their roots. Once again,...

In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package...

The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s...

One thing that frustrates me about modern American politics is that everyone is always playing it safe. Over the last seventeen years – a...

The US Postal Service is what’s wrong with America. I should clarify: the USPS is a microcosm of many of the issues currently confronting...

House Republicans signaled they will vote on a three-month hike to the nation’s debt ceiling sometime this week. For those still curious,...

We’ve heard a lot about campaign finance this election cycle. But what actually is it and why should we care? Let’s get caught up on the...