Monthly Archives:: December 2011

While politicians routinely cite video games as a contributing cause for everything from childhood obesity and lower test scores to youth violence, one senator recently labeled a games museum as something else — a waste of taxpayer funds.

House Republicans seek to pass a bill that would achieve budget savings by reducing the size of the federal workforce.

First Read has confirmed, per a high-ranking Democratic source, that Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, D, will NOT seek re-election in 2012.

The White House plans to ask Congress for an increase in the debt limit before the end of the week, according to a senior Treasury Department official.