The administration and Congress made a decision to cut spending and increase tax relief for wealthy people. It puts agencies in a very uncomfortable position to make choices between one public health need and another.

This budget has grave implications for scientific research to combat HIV and AIDS. Bluntly put, this level of funding means less scientific research will get done by fewer scientists, with fewer new minds entering the field.

Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating themselves on the introduction of an anti-gay bill in Congress. If it passes, they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be illegal for a prick to touch an asshole.

[The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its] method of reasoning, ... Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method of reasoning'?

Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision. And as bad as the Supreme Court decision was, the Army Corps has made it worse by going further than the opinion required.

The Congress party is confused particularly in economic decision-making,