The House health care overhaul bill passed not because Democrats prepared a good proposal but because Republicans showed an amazing inability to present a viable alternative.

In particular, young and healthy people tend to not buy health insurance. However, without their contributions, any health insurance system cannot work. Democrats...

By Alex Brant-Zawadzki and Dawn Teo

After years of a love-hate relationship with the Republican Party, the man most often regarded as the founder of the Tea Parties, Eric Odom, announced Tuesday that he is re-joining the Republican Party. This after he posted an open letter to the Republican Party...

On October 9, 2009, the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Doug Elmendorf wrote a letter to Senator Hatch (R-UT) on the "effects of proposals to limit costs related to medical malpractice ('tort reform')", and concluded that tort reform could decrease health care costs. Elmendorf went on to say, "Tort reform could...

Here are a few words you rarely see in the same article: "Arizona." "Federal government." "Agreement."

At the request of the United States federal government, a massive 85-foot-tall blue spruce was felled near Alpine, Ariz. this past Sunday and began a 4000 mile journey to Washington, DC, where it...

It was a weather-perfect Friday afternoon when Rep. Suzanne Kosmas's entire office staff decided to take the afternoon off. They knew what was coming: a 4:30 protest of her position on the Health Care bill. The rally, organized by Tony Scelzo of AFSCME and Jennifer Kenny of FLARA, focused on...

Howard Dean came to Deerfield, Illinois on Halloween night to speak with the Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats or "Tenth Dems." Tenth Dems is a large volunteer organization that was started in 2003 in a Highland Park living room by seven people including former state representative Lauren Beth Gash. The...

As reported in the Huffington Post, Arizona Republican National Committeeman Bruce Ash called a Tucson talk radio show last week, and said if Democrats want to learn about crime in Tucson they should "ask the brown people."

Now U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva, the League of United Latin American Citizens,...

An Arizona Republican National Committeeman called a Tucson conservative talk radio program last week and advised an Arizona Democratic County Chairperson that if he wanted to learn about crime in Tucson he should "ask the brown people."

Bruce Ash called the Jon Justice show to discuss Proposition 200, an...

With the announcement that a public option was included in the House health care reform bill introduced Oct. 29, you would expect Americans to be elated. Now we are going to get choice and competition so every single American can access and afford health care. Health care as a...

PHOENIX, AZ -- Senator Jon Kyl recently quipped to NBC's David Gregory on Meet the Press, "I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance."

Constituent Shirley McAllister took exception to Sen. Kyl's narrow view and decided...

The health care reform bill sent to the Congressional Budget Office yesterday contained two key elements: a public option, and a way to opt out of that public option. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he considered having a public option with an opt out clause "fair."

That...

Virginia legislator Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) not only stole campaign material from his opponent on Friday, he also had the hubris to brag about the achievement on his Facebook fan page.

"My opponent is dropping a negative mail piece in the mail in the morning...No need to worry about how...

PHOENIX, AZ -- During the 2008 election, Senator John McCain famously admitted he didn't know how to use a computer and was only then learning to use a Blackberry. Preferring to stay out of the 21st century when it came to computers, Senator McCain was clearly no Senator McGeek.

Oh,...

Over the last few weeks, Republican Senator Jon Kyl has taken heat for several gaffes and blunders, most notably when he stated, "I don't need maternity care," inciting Arizona women to protest at his local Senate office. Now his belief that people don't "die from lack of insurance"...

PHOENIX, AZ -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for tent-based jails and local immigration raids, is making headlines again--this time for making inmates pre-pay for the cost of abortions, including security and transportation.

Judge Robert Oberbilling ruled Tuesday that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) must stop making...

It's not even noon on the West Coast and already Capitol Hill staffers say they're getting nonstop calls from constituents in support of President Barack Obama's health insurance reform. At about 2:15 EST, Organizing for America (OFA) surpassed it's goal of 100,000 phone calls to Congress, each one imploring...