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How Darrell Issa and the Right Are Planning to Kill the U.S. Post Office

Josh Eidelson, Salon. March 18, 2012.

The Postal Service faces a threat greater than email or economics: Politics.

10 Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who 'Represent' Some of the Most Financially Screwed Districts

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

Members of Congress have only gotten richer over the last 25 years, while their constituents have gotten poorer.

Are We About to Lose the Postal Service?

David Morris, OnTheCommons.org. October 2, 2011.

Obama has agreed to cut Saturday delivery, 2500 offices may close immediately and up to 16,000 by 2020, and Republicans want to end free door-to-door mail.

3 Big Lies At the Heart of Republican Attacks On the Post Office

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. September 22, 2011.

House Republicans are aiming to dismantle the postal service, but their plans hinge on a few tall tales they've sold the American public.

Who Needs Lobbyists? Darrell Issa Asks GOP's Corporate Masters for a Wish-List of Deregulation

Donald Cohen, Peter Dreier, AlterNet. January 6, 2011.

Issa wants to hand the government over to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a who's who of corporate America.

10 Phony Scandals the GOP May Waste Your Tax Dollars Investigating

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 2, 2010.

Get ready for a reprise of the Clinton wars, as House Republicans investigate everyone who's ever walked by the White House.

GOP Rep Calls a US Soldier a "Two Bit Security Guard"

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. April 4, 2008.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if McHenry and Issa were Dems, Fox News would talk about nothing else for the foreseeable future.

GOP Rep: 9/11 Was 'Simply' a Plane Crash

Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone. April 3, 2008.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has created a bit of a firestorm with his remarks this past Tuesday on establishing a healthcare fund for 9/11 workers.