As we enter almost 5 years of the economic downturn, we have more welfare recipients than ever.  And, with local, state, and federal budget deficits coming under public fire, Americans are overwhelmingly in support of adding welfare work requirements to our current programs.

From Rasmussen:

John McCain (R-AZ) tells a reporter why he voted against the DISCLOSE Act, two days in a row:

When the Fed released its "trove" of materials confirming that the Fed indeed knew that the Barclays was manipulating its Libor submissions (amusingly explained by Ben Bernanke before Senate today that "the employee had no idea what Libor is in that case"), few were surprised, but more were confused why the congressional inquiry focused solely on the Fed's interactions with British Barclays, instead of focusing on the three domestic banks that were part of the BBA's USD Libor fixing committee.Sure enough, the

For our weekly Facebook Caption Contest, we posted this image of former President Bill Clinton and current President Barack Obama:

Here are some of the responses we got on Facebook:

For a second day in a row, the DISCLOSE Act was shot down in the Senate, 53-45. This following yesterday's vote, 51-44, with all 43 Senate Republicans unanimously voting against the bill.