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he administration's efforts to close the facility have been hampered by another more cynical reality: Congressional Republicans have turned the debate over closing Guantánamo into a partisan game of "gotcha."
Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
Clearly, Alaska is on the front lines of climate change - and they are losing the battle.
The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
Congress has only been back in session for a week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is already warning he may cancel the next break because of a ...
Washington Post | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
Members of the House ethics committee, who are investigating a pattern of lawmakers steering federal funds to generous defense contractors, have just ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics
You can always use an extra transport plane -- that's the way I figured it. I knew just where to find one, too. I called Congress.
Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
With more flexibility to use federal funds for evidence-based programs, including syringe exchange programs, local governments and agencies will be better equipped to combat HIV transmission in their communities.
Meghan Rhoad | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
When Michelle arrived at the shelter in Portland, Oregon, staff members had to help her remove her earring because the side of her face was so swollen from the last beating by her abuser.
Frank Sharry | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Why are Democrats letting Senator Sessions set the agenda with empty, irrelevant, "build the fence bigger" immigration amendments?
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Thursday, Leahy will have the power to give birth to a bold new Peace Corps or possibly to destroy that dream forever.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
Far more must be done to address teen sexuality, prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and to prevent the violence and coercion by intimate partners.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Dodd's bill was born not in his office in the Russell Building but in the tiny village of Moncion in the Dominican Republic more than forty years ago.
Tom Andrews | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
For those concerned the U.S. is becoming mired in a military quagmire in Afghanistan there was good news and bad news on the House floor this afternoon.
Tom Andrews | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
The question is why the leadership on both sides of the political aisle are so set against an amendment that does what the president himself has said is required in this war torn country.
Tom Andrews | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.
Tom Andrews | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
This week Congress is set to authorize $550 billion in defense spending and, with it, an additional $130 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghani...
Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
For the past few months, I have been involved with a small band of sisters and brothers leading tens of thousands in one of the most inspiring political dramas of our time.
Tom Andrews | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
The Farr amendment not only affirms Congressional support, but positions Congress to keep a close eye out for evidence of mission creep.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Chicago
Just days after being sworn in as the newest Democratic member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley submitted requests for tens of millions of dollars ...
Jake Colvin | Posted 04.12.2009 | World
The changes to Cuba policy in the omnibus bill are small but important. Congress has shown a willingness to ease provisions of the embargo and forge a path forward for future changes.
Media Matters | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Numerous media outlets have devoted significant coverage to the earmarks contained in the pending omnibus appropriations bill, even though, according ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
A little-known rule in the Senate may dramatically change the balance of power between the parties during the upcoming budgetary process.
Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
Did Gregg deliberately conceal nearly a dozen contributors to his leadership PAC -- White Mountain PAC -- at the very time he served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee?
Hal Donahue | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
David Chu, the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, has struck once again.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
We knew Bush wasn't "smart." And now we know Palin isn't either. But can Dems find a way to show why all these sorted facts matter?
Politico | Martin Kady II | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is rapidly pulling together a carefully orchestrated plan for what looks to be the last Iraq war supplemental be...
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Rep. David Price | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics