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Speaker of the House John Boehner presiding over a joint session of the 113th Congress in Washington, DC on Friday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

House GOP attempts to block federal employee pay raise


12:12 PM on 2/15/2013

A House bill would continue a federal pay freeze which has persisted since 2011. Read More

FILE PHOTO: House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L) listens while Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill April 5, 2011 in Washington, DC. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) spoke with reporters about a potential federal government shutdown if members of Congress and President Barack Obama cannot agree on a budget by Friday, April 8. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

‘ED Show’ poll: What is more important to the Republican Party, corporate profits or people?


7:50 PM on 2/14/2013

Corporate profits or people? Vote now! Read More

File Photo: James Carville arrives at the New Orleans premiere of All The King's Men September 16, 2006 in New Orleans, La (Photo by: Tammie ArroyoAP Photo)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Feb. 14


7:32 PM on 2/14/2013

The president demands fairness, but even his call for a $9 dollar minimum wage is way off. Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8p/11pET on msnbc, the great James Carville breaks it down for us! Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

Opponents to minimum wage hike propose raising EITC instead


1:22 PM on 2/14/2013

What is the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and is it an acceptable alternative to a higher minimum wage? Read More

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (Photo by Morry Gash/AP)

Scott Walker finds an alternative to Medicaid: Obamacare


7:31 AM on 2/14/2013

To avoid expanding a health care program for the poor, Wisconsin's Republican governor is pushing indigent patients into a federal health care exchange that isn't designed to help them. Read More

The remains of Hadiya Pendleton are taken to her final resting place at the Cedar Park Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Calumet Park, Ill. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends seeking shelter in a park from the rain about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral with Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will gun violence victims and families get the votes they deserve?


7:50 PM on 2/13/2013

Yes or no? Vote now! Read More

House Speaker John Boehner, who has previously forsworn the word "compromise," appeared nonplussed at most of the proposals President Obama offered in Tuesday night's State of the Union address. (AP Pool)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Feb. 13


7:33 PM on 2/13/2013

Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8pET on msnbc: President Obama lays it all on the line for gun safety, but will Congress deliver? Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Just how ‘unapologetically liberal’ was Obama’s State of the Union, really?


6:55 PM on 2/13/2013

Progressives must demand a bolder vision than the one proposed by President Obama in his State of the Union address. Read More

Sen. Marco Rubio marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as a "tragic" day. (File photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

Rubio claims ‘working class’ credentials as he tries to sell home for $675,000


6:24 PM on 2/13/2013

Rubio claimed to still live in a "working-class" neighborhood but his West Miami, 2,649 square foot home is on the market for $675,000. Read More

Anwar al-Awlaki is seen at Dar al Hijrah Mosque on October 4 2001 in Falls Church, VA. (Photo by Tracy Woodward/The Washington Post via Getty Images, File)

State of the Union hints at long-term targeted killing program


3:41 PM on 2/13/2013

President Obama never referred to drones by name, but he did indicate that he would continue to use them. Read More

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Mike Tyson will eat your bullets


2:35 PM on 2/13/2013

As the gun control debate rages, former boxing champion and perpetual chaos machine Mike Tyson has a unique solution for combating gun violence: Performance art. Read More

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Watch: Awkward Rubio drink on an endless loop!


12:55 AM on 2/13/2013

Mesmerizing! Watch Sen. Marco Rubio's awkward drink during the GOP response to the State of the Union address, over and over! Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama focused his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy and said, "It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth". (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama pushes deficit reduction: ‘We need to finish the job’


11:58 PM on 2/12/2013

President Obama put deficit reduction near the very beginning of his 2013 State of the Union address and again called for a "balanced approach." Read More

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Obama calls for $9 federal minimum wage pegged to cost of living


11:51 PM on 2/12/2013

Obama proposed a minimum wage hike, but suggested that it should automatically rise with the cost of living. "No one who works full-time should have to live in poverty," he said. Read More

In this Feb. 7, 2013 photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office in Washington. In the nearly 100 days since President Barack Obama won a second term, the Florida senator has taken calculated, concrete steps to emerge as a next generation leader of a rudderless party and put a 21st Century stamp on the conservative movement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio’s economic remedy: More austerity!


8:04 PM on 2/12/2013

Rubio’s speech amounts to a repudiation of economic growth, not an endorsement. Read More

Image: Richard Chang

How lower-income Americans are shut out of journalism


9:25 AM on 2/12/2013

Increasingly, only economically advantaged young people can afford to go into journalism. Read More

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh speaks to his northern Illinois constituents at a town hall meeting in Wauconda, Ill. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, Walsh announced in an email to supporters that he is running in the newly drawn 14th congressional district in suburban areas north and west of Chicago. That will force a primary battle with fellow conservative Republican Randy Hultgren if Illinois' new congressional map survives a court challenge. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Gilbert R. Boucher II, File)

Go get a job, Joe Walsh!

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9:52 PM on 2/11/2013

Former Rep. Joe Walsh, defeated in last year's election, says he can't pay child support because he's unemployed "through no voluntary act of his own." Actually, he's unemployed because he was an offensive windbag. Read More

File Photo: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (R), and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C), participate in a news conference on the Jobs Act at the U.S. Capitol, on February 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. House Republican leaders unveiled the JOBS Act, which is a comprehensive compilation of bills aimed at providing a much needed boost to America's small businesses, and entrepreneurs. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Files)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will Republicans drive our economy into another recession?


7:51 PM on 2/11/2013

Yes or no? Vote now! Read More

US President Barack Obama (Rex Features via AP Images)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Feb. 11


7:34 PM on 2/11/2013

Tonight on "The Ed Show" at 8p/11pET on MSNBC: President Barack Obama gets set to address the nation with an economy held hostage by a Republican plan to wreak havoc in just 18 days. Read More

In this file photo Ted Nugent screams for a photo at his ranch near Crawford, Texas, Friday, April 22, 2005. (Photo by LM Otero/AP File)

Ted Nugent invited to State of the Union address by lawmaker who threatened to impeach Obama


3:48 PM on 2/11/2013

Nugent has a long history of incendiary, some would say threatening, remarks about the president. Should somebody tell the Secret Service? Read More