Eric Cantor

Elizabeth Warren laid into Eric Cantor for picking up a cozy Wall Street job directly after leaving (well, being ousted, really) office. He has no expertise, Warren said, other than access to politicians in Washington.

After a surprise primary election loss, U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor will resign his seat in the House of Representatives months earlier than expected.

The primary race House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost to Tea Party upstart David Brat has absolutely nothing to do with Obama (could be immigration, could be that everyone just despised Cantor, but definitely NOT Obama). Try telling that to John Boehner.

Conservative Republicans don't think a GOP rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education law does enough to reduce Washington's influence. Moderates are warily eying proposals that would expand charter schools' role. It's just the latest example of the fractured Republican membership in the House, where the party has a majority but often stumbles over internal disagreements.

Last week, a BlueVirginia diary provided the details of a Fairfax City Council vote to slap restrictive regulations on women's health clinics. Two Fairfax Democrats joined Eric Cantor's chief of staff in voting for the restrictions. Looks as though they got what they wanted: Today's Washington Post is reporting that the clinic, the busiest in the state, is closing.

A crude deceit is at the very heart of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's “Working Families Flexibility Act,” which the Virginia Republican recently slid through the House. It eliminates a central piece of America’s middle-class framework: the eight-hour workday and 40-hour week. Under the 1938 Fair Labor Law, bosses can make hourly employees work extra, but only by paying an overtime wage for the added hours. Cantor's plan takes that away.

This month, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives will vote on, and likely approve, a measure that bypasses White House approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, fast-tracking construction of the controversial project.

Cartoonists are just as angry about our inadequate Congress as every else. Here are five cartoons that sum up the dysfunctional group of incompetent lawmakers we've all grown to loathe...

House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on immigration legislation that would both expand visas for foreign science and technology students and make it easier for those with green cards to bring their immediate families to the U.S.

November 6th has come and gone, and Democrats, Liberals and Progressives the Commonwealth over have breathed several hearty sighs of relief. Despite a contentious and worrisome election season, Virginian's can now look forward to a second term for President Obama and six years with Senator Kaine.
But a problem remains.