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Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day With big-spending Democrats at their side, President George Bush and his "conservative" Republican Congress have controlled the government's checkbook while the national debt has skyrocketed past seven trillion dollars. That's right, $7,000,000,000,000. How has the party of Reagan become the party of big-government spending? Read retired Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough's scathing indictment of Republicans and Democrats alike. MORE...	House Round-Up
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	Shays Concerned About Nuclear Power Plant Safety
	Cox: States Not Spending Federal Grant Money for Terrorism Preparedness
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	Harman: Single Head of Intelligence Community Needed
	McKeon: Diploma Mills Harm Consumers

Highly Recommended Movies About the U.S. Congress

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Director Frank Capra caused quite a stir with this 1939 classic when he dared suggest that corruption existed in the U.S. Congress of all places. Starring Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Harry Carey, Edward Arnold. Buy Now! Available on VHS | DVD
Advise & Consent
This 1962 Otto Preminger drama with an all-star cast speculates how far some politicians are willing to go to defeat a presidential nominee. Starring Henry Fonda, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Walter Pigeon, Peter Lawford, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres. Buy Now! Available on VHS
The Candidate
This classic 1972 drama by director Michael Ritchie stars Robert Redford as a political idealist recruited to make a run for the U.S. Senate from California. A very accurate reflection of what goes on in a modern day political campaign. Also Starring Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Melvyn Douglas and Kenneth Tobey. Buy Now! Available on VHS | DVD
Point of Order
This political documentary about the Communist witch hunt of the 1950s shows the methods that Sen. Joe McCarthy used in interrogating law-abiding Americans. These Senate hearings pointedly demonstrate how a demagogue, hiding behind the American flag and the power of Congress, destroyed countless lives and careers. Buy Now! Available on VHS