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The Gang of Six: An Epic of Futility

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Ron Wyden, Jay Rockefeller, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Congress, Mike Enzi, Barack Obama, Obama and Health Care, Max Baucus and Health Care, Congress and Health Care, Max Baucus, Chuck Grassley, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Senate, Gang of Six, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The Baucus Caucus came to town one morning in the early spring, / They said, "You want a health-care bill? Don't sweat -- we'll handle ev'rything!"

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Mad Max Baucus (D-BC/BS) and his Gang of Styx

Don Parker | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Styx River, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Fargo North Dakota, Olympia Snowe, Albuquerque New Mexico, Billings Montana, Mike Enzi, Mad Max, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Gang of Styx, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Gang of Six, Politics News
Don Parker

The Gang of Styx represent 8.4 million Americans, but they have been given more dollars from the health care industry than they have constituents.

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Gang Of Six: Who Votes With Whom?

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Olympia Snowe, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Home News

Since the end of July the Senate Finance Committee has been the focus of health care reform discussions. More specifically, the bipartisan “Gang...

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Gang Of Six Back In Action: Giving Bipartisanship One More Try

POLITICO | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Most top Democrats, including senior White House advisers, may no longer expect a health care deal out of the bipartisan "Group of Six," but the senat...

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Like Cash for Clunkers? You'll Love Feebates!

David Roberts | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Jeff Bingaman, Feebates, Fuel Efficiency, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe, Green Energy, Green News
David Roberts

If we've learned anything from Cash for Clunkers, it's that direct, tangible incentives drive behavior--much more and faster than what economic projections indicate. We've used those incentives for economic stimulus. Now we should put them to work increasing the fuel efficiency of the whole American fleet.

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Republicans, Healthcare and Money

Stu Kreisman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Max Baucus, Mark Sanford, First Amendment, Dick Armey, President Obama, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Bobby Jindal, Olympia Snowe, Tea Baggers, Single Payer, Big Pharma, Politics News, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, John Enzi, Max Baucus Health Care, Health Care, Birthers, Rick Perry, Health Care Reform, Kent Conrad, Pharmaceutical Industry, Politics News
Stu Kreisman

All but three Republicans voted against the stimulus, yet they all are gladly taking the money. Seeing a trend here?

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Health Policy Hashed Out In Senate Over Unhealthy Food

The New York Times | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Michael B. Enzi, Jeff Bingaman, Cbo, Chuck Grassley, Kent Conrad, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicaid, Max Baucus, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care, Politics News

On the agenda is the revamping of the American health care system, possibly the most complex legislation in modern history. But on the table, in a con...

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A Bump in the Road -- or a Detour?

Carl Pope | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Jeff Bingaman, Henry Waxman, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Carl Pope

At this point, no one on Capitol Hill is moving legislation that would achieve President Obama's goal of doubling renewable-energy generation.

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Jason Linkins

Times Piece On Rattner Scandal Makes No Mention Of Ties To Richardson

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Quadrangle Group, Rattner Quadrangle, Jeff Bingaman, Steve Rattner, Steven Rattner, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Media News

As it turns out, Bill Richardson has some significant ties to Rattner, as well as the aforementioned "pension process."

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The Pickens Plan Marches on Washington

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green

Read More: NAT GAS Act, John Sullivan, Harry Reid, T. Boone Pickens, Jeff Bingaman, Dan Boren, John Larson, Energy, Energy Independence, Foregin Oil, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

With three or four million people on my side, I'm a hell of a lot more important in Washington than I am in Texas. And you know what that means? America is finally going to get an energy plan.

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Senate Not Likely To Pass Climate Bill Of Obama's Dreams

Reuters | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Trading, Jeff Bingaman, Obama Environment, Climate Bill, Green Politics, Green News

Any climate bill that passes the Senate is unlikely to adhere to an Obama administration plan that the government auction all of the permits to emit g...

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A Lot of Israelis and a Lot of Saudis for Barack Obama?

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, John McCain, Jeff Bingaman, Bandar Raffah, Saudi Arabia, Bloggers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I have stumbled across "A Lot of Saudis and Israelis for Barack Obama." They aren't a single group -- but it's clear Obama is popular across the Middle East.

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nita Lowey, Evan Bayh, Fred Upton, Charles Boustany, Jeff Bingaman, Congressional Travel, Greg Walden, Earl Blumenauer, Aspen Institute, George Voinovich, Howard Berman, Henry Waxman, Political Islam, Dick Clark, Susan Davis, Rush Holt, Robert Bennett, John Duncan, Geoffrey Davis, George Miller, Walter Isaacson, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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Jason Linkins

New Adventures In FISA Posturing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, FISA Bill, Jeff Bingaman, FISA Legislation, Politics News

Congress' wrangling over the coming FISA legislation has left critics of the administration's warrantless wiretapping operation to wonder if the telec...

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Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Senator, Endorses Obama

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Bingaman, Obama Endorsement, Barack Obama Superdelegates, Barack Obama Jeff Bingaman, Obama Superdelegates, Barack Obama Endorsements, Obama Bingaman, Barack Obama, Politics News

Barack Obama has picked up another superdelegate endorsement, this one from New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman. It is Obama's 14th nod from a fellow senato...

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