Steps in Reconciling House and Senate Bills
Assuming that the Senate approves the health care reform bill on Christmas Eve morning, what happens next?
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Carl Bernstein: US Congress Is Corrupt, Systemically Broken (VIDEO)
Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics
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During an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe today journalist and author Carl Bernstein lamented that the debate over and the writing of health care re...
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009: Bad for California
Pedro Nava | Posted 12.23.2009 | Los Angeles
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On Thursday December 10, 2009, in the dark of night in Washington D.C., the U.S. House of Representatives was overcome with amnesia. They acted as though the financial crisis never happened.
This Title Could Never Do Justice to How Much Christmas Is Pissing Me off This Year
Richard Laermer | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
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Can we get rid of this two week hiatus--and move on over to 1/04/10? Do we need the time off that badly? Am I Scrooge-worthy? Or am I just sensible?...
Gun Lobbyists Against 'Wellness And Health'
Paul Helmke | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics
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While our massive health care reform package was hammered out in the back offices of the Capitol, Senators still found time to bend over backwards for the Gun Owners of America.
Congress Is Committed to Creating Jobs on Main Street
Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics
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We still have a way to go until job opportunities are abundant, but my colleagues in Congress and I remain committed to creating jobs, especially in the communities hardest hit by the recession.
Businesses Urge Congress to Act after Copenhagen
James Boyce | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green
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A group of 750 (and counting) businesses have come together. Their purpose is simple and direct -- to demand comprehensive action be taken by Congress to enact a Clean Energy Act.
Obama Stagnation in the Political Dark
Norman Solomon | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics
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Among Democratic loyalists, reflexive support for the latest line from the administration has made it easier for Obama to move rightward.
Who You Callin' Moderate?
Laura Flanders | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics
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To get so-called moderate Democrat Ben Nelson on board, Harry Reid had to agree to a decidedly un-moderate compromise on abortion rights.
Congress Takes Critical Step in Halting Abusive Forced Arbitrations
Anthony Tarricone | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics
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Al Franken and Mary Landrieu's amendment protects defense contractor employees who have been victims of sexual assault, harassment, or other forms of discrimination.
The Oligarchy Wins Again!
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics
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The health reform bill the corporate oligarchy just purchased from the best Congress money can buy has investors stoked, as the soaring stock prices of health industry corporations reach a 52-year high point!
Jobs for Latinos and Blacks: The Reality of Our Struggle
Janet Murguía | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
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Having helped big business and the financial industry, it is now time for the president and the administration to get serious about helping the American worker.
How Health Lobbyists Influenced Reform Bill
chicagotribune.com | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics
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David Nexon had a big problem. An early version of national health care legislation contained a $40 billion tax aimed squarely at members of the medic...
Estate Tax Laws Uncertain With Old Tax Set To Expire
Wall Street Journal | LAURA SAUNDERS | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
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The possible expiration of the federal-estate tax has sent the normally staid world of estate planning into a frenzy of activity, as taxpayers try to ...
COBRA Help For Laid-Off Workers May Come By Christmas
McClatchy | Jenny Gold | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance. A proposal to extend the health insurance subsid...
Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change
Trip Van Noppen | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green
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Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home w...
Taibbi, Kuttner Debate Health Care Bill On "Bill Moyers Journal" (VIDEO)
Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
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Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone agree that the health care bill taking shape in the Senate is a bad one. But ...
Happy Holidays from America's Banks
Michael Winship | Posted 12.19.2009 | Business
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Never mind Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope. It's the audacity of the banks that takes your breath away.
Flapping In The Policy Breeze
Harry Moroz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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The question for those who actually want health care reform is no longer about politics. It's how well equipped the public is to support reform based on its merits, rather than its politics.
Compassion and Empathy: Endangered Species in Washington
Saul Segan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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The Obama Administration continues to self-destruct and to take us along with it. The health care debacle shows the absolute heartlessness of the lawmakers and their incapacity for logical thinking.
A Failed State Senator?
Stephen Herrington | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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Many Huffington Post commenters, and even article contributors, rush to compare America to Rome in it's decline into a failed nation state. Republican Rome lasted 450 years.
Ben Nelson is My New Hero: At Least He Has the Courage of His Convictions
Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.18.2009 | Chicago
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The Senate's discussion of its health care bill has devolved from farce to a tragedy, in which female and male senators alike are trading the lives of women for the sake of re-election.
Larry Kissell Angers Supporters With Vote Against Health Care
The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a ...
Why the Left Fails
Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
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The Left loses key battles because most Americans don't understand the very basics of American democracy--especially that we do not have a parliament.
Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White
The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
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With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...
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Bill Lucey | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics