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Are There GOP Senators Who Will Back the Climate Bill?

Bill Scher | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Lamar Alexander, Gop, Lindsay Graham, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Democratic Caucus, House Climate Bill, Green News

The possibility of Republican support for "cap and trade" legislation is getting renewed attention. A deal might involve Democratic support for more nuclear power and offshore drilling.

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Clean Energy Bill Key to Jobs Growth, Manufacturing Says Michigan Gov.

Josh Dorner | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Cnn, Unemployment, Barbara Boxer, Comprehensive Energy Reform, Michigan, Climate Change, John Kerry, Michigan-Governor-Jennifer-Granholm, Jobs, Clean Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Economic Growth, Green News

Granholm understands that comprehensive energy reform is essential in order to build the clean energy industries that will put America back in control of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet.

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Fossil Fuel Is the New Slavery: Morally and Economically Corrupt

Robin Chase | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, Economy, John Kerry, Waxman-Markey, Slavery, Climate Change, Morality, Climate Bill, Green News

Ownership of another human being and reaping the benefit of their labor is repugnant. While burning fossil fuels is not as intimately observable or viscerally felt, there is a direct link from our actions to individual suffering.

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Giving Aaron Schock a Pass on Honduras and DeMint

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Aaron Schock, Mitch McConnell, Latin America, John Kerry, Jim Demint, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras Coup, Arturo Valenzuela, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Foreign Affairs, Chicago News

I suspect that Rep. Schock is going down to check out what is real and what is not in the mess of the Honduras coup and its aftermath -- but Jim DeMint is going down to "meddle."

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Taking Control of Our Energy Future

John Kerry | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Pollution, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Climate Change, John Kerry, Green News

Today, Senator Boxer and I introduced our "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" that aims to put Americans back in charge of our energy future and our security.

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Erasing the Doughnut Hole for All Seniors -- A Senate Revolt Against Big Pharma Brewing!

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Donut Hole, Chuck Schumer, Congress, New York, Senate Finance Committee, Delaware, Senator, Ny, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, 2009, John Kerry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Senate, Montana, Ma, Chuck Grassley, Baucus Committe, Doughnut Hole, Iowa, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Florida, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Massachusets, Fl, De, Ia, Politics News

An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.

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Baucus Bill Hearings Day 1: Heroes--Cantwell, Kerry, Nelson, Wyden. Grumpy Old Men--Republicans. Goat--Tom Carper.

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Healthcare Reform, Medicare Part D, John Kerry, Maria Cantwell, Home Healthcare, Medicaid, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Seniors, Politics News

Overall, it was a good opening day. One could measure how good it was by the sour faces and wounded-appearing body language of the Republicans.

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An Open Letter To Our Leaders

Chris Campbell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, Hope, President Obama, Senate, Volunteering, Martin Luther King, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Health Care, Politics News

When I saw the "Baucus Bill" today, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I could no longer fight for a party that I barely even recognized.

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Dems Finding Plenty To Dislike About Baucus Plan

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Health Bill, Jay Rockefeller, John Kerry, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Bill, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Unhappy Senate Democrats on Thursday found plenty to complain about in the fine print of the latest health overhaul bill, particula...

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Dems Ready To Amend Baucus Health Bill; Kerry Predicts "Tug Of War"

thehill.com | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Max Baucus Health Care, Health Care, Senate Health Care, Politics News

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are poised to demand changes to the healthcare legislation being drafted by their chairman. Finance Committ...

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GObama! US Agrees to Talks with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Diplomacy, Iran Nuclear Program, John Kerry, Foreign Policy, President Obama, IAEA Iran, Nuclear Talks, World News

But when he said he was going to talk to Iran, apparently he meant it. Who knew?

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Baucus Makes A Grab For Climate Bill

Politico | Lisa Lerer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Senate Finance Committee, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Medicare, Healthcare, Climate Bill, Politics News

For liberal Democrats unhappy with the way Max Baucus is handling health care reform, here's another dose of bad news: He's got his hands on climate a...

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Let Your Lawmakers Know that the Clock Is Ticking on the Climate Bill

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Harry Reid, Green Jobs, Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

Despite the misleading right-wing onslaught, recent polling shows just how popular clean energy legislation is with most Americans. Still, it will take a relentless drumbeat of support to drown out the industry's fear mongering.

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, John Culver, Mike Mansfield, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Library, John McCain, Gary Hart, Politics News

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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John Kerry's Beard: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style

Read More: John Kerry Beard, John Kerry's Beard, Poll, John Kerry, Kerry Beard, Kerry Beard Huffington Post, Style News

How on earth did John Kerry's beard go virtually unnoticed in mid-August? The Massachusetts senator seemingly used his recovery from hip surgery as an...

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Senate Delays Climate Change Bill

Roll Call | Emily Pierce | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Barbara Boxer, Senate Finance Committee, Climate Change Bill, John Kerry, President Obama, Politics News

The Senate debate on climate change will be delayed until later this fall, given that two key players have said they will not even introduce their bil...

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We Can't Ignore the Security Threat from Climate Change

John Kerry | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, National Security, John Kerry, Green News

The truth about climate change is that the threat we face is not an abstract concern for the future. It is already upon us and its effects are being felt worldwide, right now.

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Kerry: Kennedy Would Compromise If Necessary

AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Kerry, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic senator says the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would have been ready to compromise on overhauling health care, b...

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The Real Appeal of Ted Kennedy and the Camelot Clan

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joh F. Kennedy, Michael Skakel, John McCain, Mary Jo Kopechne, Bobby Kennedy, John Kerry, George W. Bush, Chappaquiddick, John F. Kennedy Jr. Rose Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Liberal Lion, The Kennedy Curse, Ted Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, William Kennedy Smith, Politics News

The Kennedys were and are a living, breathing soap opera. But America loves a good soap opera.

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10,000 Words from Ted Kennedy: A little girl and the Lion

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dies, Howard Dean, Governor Howard Dean, Terry Lierman, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Lion of the Senate, Tip O'Neill, Politics News

The broad, welcoming grin, the twinkle in the eye and the mirth I remembered were there, but our group was treated to something entirely different.

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Republicans Join Democrats In Mourning Kennedy

Associated Press | Glen Johnson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H.W. Bush, John Kerry, President Obama, Gop, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News

BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat's Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision...

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Why Obama Must Fully Prosecute Bush's War Criminals

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, FISA Laws, Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, CIA Torture, Health-Care Reform, Dick Cheney, Politics News

We know more about abuses by the CIA in interrogating terror suspects. Republicans are claiming witch hunt -- this from a party that impeached a U.S president on charges over an adulterous affair.

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Climate Change and Conflict

Sam Black | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: India, Climate Change, Pakistan, South Asia, Conflict, Ipcc, John Kerry, War, Global Warming, World News

How will the changing climate affect global security, and should the two issues be linked?

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Health Care: I Hate Everyone, Part 1 in a Series

Nato Green | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Mental Health, Nazis, John Kerry, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Right Wing, Adolf Hitler, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Politics News

The anti-health care stormtroopers demonstrate that you can get a long way with no argument if you sell it. It seems like the Town Hallers are all seeking revenge on an uninsured ex.

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