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Members of the 113th Congress bow their heads in prayer as they convene in the Capitol in Washington January 3, 2013. In the wake of bruising fights in their own ranks over the "fiscal cliff" and aid for victims of superstorm Sandy - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives open a new Congress on Thursday more divided than ever. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

The Dems’ tongue-in-cheek advice for the GOP


6:41 PM on 1/15/2013

The classics include trust falls and big-picture thinking. But how about “coup d’etat prevention and planning,” or “Science 101”? Read More

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GOP increasingly stands for ‘Guns Over People’


6:23 PM on 1/15/2013

No matter how many kids get killed, the GOP will stick to their political weapons and their talk of holding onto their semi-automatics with their "cold, dead hands." Read More

File Photo: In this file photo taken June 13, 2006 S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford smiles as he is joined by his wife, Jenny, after he won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Mary Ann Chastain/AP Photo/File)

Mark Sanford is back — Disgraced GOPer to run for Congress


3:55 PM on 1/15/2013

Sanford, who will make the big announcment on Wednesday, says voters concerned about his past, extramarital affair must “look under the hood.” Read More

This January 15, 2013 photo taken in Washington, DC, shows a man playing the newly released National Rifle Association (NRA) iPhone/iPad app, "NRA: Practice Range." The new app was released January 14, by the nation's largest gun-industry lobby. The game gives users choices of several different types of weapons and targets to shoot at, simulating firing at a gun range. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

What was the NRA thinking? Group releases shooting game 1 month after Newtown


1:02 PM on 1/15/2013

The powerful gun lobby group called violent video games "the filthiest form of pornography" after Sandy Hook, but has now released a game app called "Practice Range" that it bills as safe for children four and up. Read More

President Barack Obama speaks about the debt limit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Let Me Start: Debt ceiling war

Hardball Staff
7:51 AM on 1/15/2013

A confrontational President Obama warned Republicans not to play politics with the debt ceiling. He was talking tough ahead of the new round of fighting over the debt ceiling, urging Republicans not to hold the economy hostage for their own policy gains. Read More

US President Barak Obama responds to a question from the news media during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA 14 January 2013. President Obama holds his final press conference of his first term today and will be officially sworn in for his second term 20 January 2013. (Photo by Shawn Thew/EPA)

Obama has ‘some 19 areas’ to use executive orders for gun control


6:59 PM on 1/14/2013

Rep. Jackie Speier told Hardball's Chris Matthews that there were many gun violence-curbing iniatives President Obama could take action on without Congressional approval. Read More

Homeowner Rob Ostrander talks on the phone in front of his Hurricane Sandy damaged home in the Brooklyn borough region of Belle Harbor in New York November 14, 2012. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Not again! GOPers attempt to gut next round of Sandy funding

Maryalice Aymong
6:41 PM on 1/14/2013

You might think Republicans would want to avoid the firestorm that was the last vote, when 67 members of the GOP voted against the bill. Read More

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‘Argo’ truly was 2012’s best film


6:29 PM on 1/14/2013

The American success story told through "Argo" is one of the reasons it was one of 2012's best films. Read More

In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Actress Jodie Foster receives the Cecil B. Demille Award on stage during the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel International Ballroom on January 13, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

In Golden Globes speech, Jodie Foster comes out. Or not.


3:24 PM on 1/14/2013

Here's what you need to know about the Golden Globes: Argo and Les Miz won. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler killed. And Jodie Foster... we're not sure. LGBT reaction. Read More

Vice President Joe Biden looks on as the U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the White House Briefing Room December 19, 2012. Obama announced that Biden will lead an effort to come up with policies to address gun violence amid calls for action following the massacre of 26 people including 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school last week. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Will Biden target violent video games? (And should he?)


12:02 PM on 1/14/2013

The vice president met with video game makers as part of his effort to find ways to curb gun violence. Do you think violent video games contribute to gun violence in the U.S.? Take our poll. Read More

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Let Me Start: GOP readies for spending cut battle

Hardball Staff
8:30 AM on 1/14/2013

House Republicans are planning not just one but two strategies to exact spending cuts from the Obama administration -- and neither strategy is healthy for the nation or the economy. Read More

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Alex Jones gets some gun-crazed company


10:38 AM on 1/12/2013

More members of the far-right fringe are speaking out on guns, and what they have to say is frightening. Read More

Actress Jessica Chastain in a scene from "Zero Dark Thirty" (Photo by Jonathan Olley/Columbia Pictures/AP Photo)

And the Oscar goes to…Washington, D.C.

Lisa Crivelli
8:44 PM on 1/11/2013

It's awards season! Washington bureaucrats can be sexy--especially when they're played by Jessica Chastain or Ben Affleck. Chris Matthews and his movie-critic guests talked about D.C.'s role in some of 2012’s biggest films. Read More

US President Barack Obama (R) and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai leave after a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2013. Obama and Karzai said that American forces would hand the lead in the fight against the Taliban to Afghan forces in the next few months. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SamadJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Obama, Karzai: U.S. will transition to support role earlier than expected


6:58 PM on 1/11/2013

But is Afghanistan ready to take over the fight against the Taliban? Retired Army captain Wes Moore and Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) joined Hardball to discuss. Read More

File Photo: This 16 August, 2006, aerial photo looks northwest with the Washington Monument (L) and the US Capitol (R) in Washington DC. (Photo by TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images/File)

Washington can get messy, but we can still make things work


6:33 PM on 1/11/2013

Washington, D.C. is full of drama, but despite all of the highs and lows, our nation's capital can still serve the American people. Read More

Combination image (L-R) Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., R-Ga., speaks during a news conference by the GOP Doctors Caucus in response to the Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama's health care plan, Thursday, June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Cliff Owen/AP Photo/File) U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., speaks to supporters after loosing to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chesterfield, Mo. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo/File)

GOP Rep: Todd Akin ‘partially right’ on ‘legitimate rape’


3:06 PM on 1/11/2013

Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards told MSNBC.com in a statement that Gingrey's comments were "ignorant and offensive." Read More

Vice President Biden listens as President Obama speaks during an announcement on gun reform in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Let Me Start: Biden vs. the NRA

Hardball Staff
8:20 AM on 1/11/2013

After Vice President Joe Biden met with the NRA, big gun seller Walmart and members of the entertainment industry, the Obama administration has a difficult path ahead as it moves towards tighter gun controls. Read More

Former RNC chair Michael Steele. (AP Photo/Matt Houston)

Steele rips GOPers for missing the ‘sweet spot’


7:51 PM on 1/10/2013

The former Republican National Chairman said “you don’t lead off this Congress, I don’t think, with those types of legislation," like defunding Planned Parenthood and repealing Obamcare. "You lead it off with bills that are going to create jobs." Read More

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. (Photo by Steven Senne/AP)

Should Barney Frank return to Capitol Hill?


6:43 PM on 1/10/2013

So is Frank a shoo-in for John Kerry’s seat? He joined Hardball on Thursday to discuss why he wants to be a senator. But his media blitz may hurt his chances. Read More

Members of the activist group Avaaz protest today's NRA press conference with a likeness of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Jr., calling on NRA affiliates like Days Inn and Super 8 to get "out of bed" with the gun lobby, outside the Willard Hotel in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (Photo bybPaul Morigi/AP Images for Avaaz)

All of us should make gun laws, not just the gun groups


6:17 PM on 1/10/2013

Vice President Biden is the right person to lead the way on gun control in America, and the gun lobbies shouldn’t be the ones to control policy. Read More