Nancy Pelosi is best known and least liked leader of Congress

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has quite the reputation on Capitol Hill.

By /// April 24, 2013

Americans generally pessimistic about the future of the country

If you ask someone what they think of the country’s future, odds are they’re going to be pessimistic about it.

By /// April 24, 2013

Majority of Americans believe guns make homes safer, poll shows

Talk about adding insult to injury.

Following the defeat of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) so-called ‘gun safety’ legislation this week, new polling shows that a majority of Americans believe having a gun in their homes makes them safer.

By /// April 20, 2013

Federal marijuana legalization still a long way off despite public support

Today, many Americans will light up in celebration of International Marijuana Day, even though pot is still illegal under federal law. Yet even as public opinion on the drug is changing, pot supporters and smokers might still have years to wait before Congress changes federal legislation.

By /// April 20, 2013

Stephen Colbert upset about support for marijuana legalization

Americans’ support for marijuana legalization has convinced comedian Stephen Colbert that the entire country has ‘gone to pot.’

By /// April 13, 2013

It’s official: Americans don’t like Obama’s take on gun policy

Americans may be convinced that the federal government needs to pass stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy last December, but that doesn’t mean they approve of how their commander-in-chief is going about it.

By /// April 9, 2013

Majority of Americans believe 2nd Amendment was designed to protect citizens from tyranny

Americans actually know their history! A majority of Americans believe our founding fathers included the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights to protect us from tyranny.

By /// April 5, 2013

Weed all about it! Most Americans want to legalize marijuana, poll shows

Most Americans are now saying: relax, unwind, it’s marijuana time.

According to a new Pew Research Center poll, the majority of Americans want to legalize marijuana — for the first time in polling history. Fifty-two percent favor legalizing marijuana compared to the 45 percent who are still against it.

By /// April 4, 2013