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Study: Congress Members Simply Taunting Each Other 27% of the Time

Science can surprise us, challenging deeply held beliefs and pushing us toward more enlightened frontiers. Science can also just reaffirm our deeply held beliefs, giving us means to be slightly more obnoxious during cocktail-hour arguments — in this case, by providing numerical proof that members of Congress spend far too much time goading each other.

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Fast Facts: New York Congressman Anthony Weiner

He’s in the news for being on the tail of cash-for-gold firms and Glenn Beck. What’s one part of the 45-year-old representative’s flare for political action? You guessed it — Weiner’s from Brooklyn.