If the President wants healthcare and energy legislation to happen, he can have it.
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program ...
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
The same members of Congress who failed in their duty to provide checks and balances are in no rush to legally investigate their own passivity in the wiretapping program. This lack of accountability is an infectious disease.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
Racial discrimination in voting, while much reduced since the Voting Rights Act's passage in 1965, remains all too prevalent in many parts of the country.
Judith Ellis | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media
I will not subscribe to the Washington Post. But how can we come together as citizens of our great democracy and make them feel the impact of their action?
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
"Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends..." All week long, this line has been running through my head. It's from an Emerson, Lake, and...
Steve Parker | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
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The Plumline | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
I'm a bit surprised this isn't getting more attention: Last night, A Republican member of Congress -- Rep Mac Thornberry -- said he would support an i...
Reproductive Justice | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
A government report found that not only do abstinence-only education programs fail to delay the onset of sexual activity, its students are more likely to think condoms don't help prevent STI's.
Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy
How else are they supposed to exploit people and make billions? Geesh. I suppose you think health care "reform" will change everything, too, right?
The Hill | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
As a summit of world leaders in Italy concluded, President Obama said dealing with Congress is more difficult than negotiating global issues with the ...
Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Reform should be financed with a small increase in the Medicare payroll tax by about a third of a percentage point. For about half of working Americans, this would cost a latte a week ($3) or less.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R) has put up a guest post at TownHall, in which he professes to be "amazed at the number of bureaucrats in this House wh...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?
Jamie Court | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
Now the time has come for the White House to extend a hand to the families who lost loved ones in exploding GM cars, particularly given the other financial priorities in the bankruptcy plan.
Deborah Weinstein | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics
If business as usual prevails, vested interests will shoot down responsible sources of taxation and the general public will not be heard. But this is not the time for business as usual.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics
Discrimination in our armed forces carries a potent symbolism: It tells an entire class of people that the country is not interested in their service.
Bryan Young | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics
It's being reported that 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress are working to subvert the will of the people and the needs of the country.
Paula Gordon | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics
I want the same health care that members of Congress get... at a much lower cost.
Simon Sinek | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business
Offering CEOs big money to come and run companies does not guarantee great leadership. In fact, the practice may attract the wrong leaders altogether.
Larry Gellman | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.
Janet Murguía | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.
Congressional Quarterly | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
As his presidency approaches the half-year mark, Barack Obama is on pace to be the most successful Oval Office occupant in more than half a century wh...
David Fiderer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
Sarah Palin follows in the footsteps of Susan Molinari, who 12 years ago set a precedent for other GOP leaders such as Newt Gingrich, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, Richard Baker and Joe Scarborough.
Washington Post | Dan Eggen and Kimberly Kindy | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
The nation's largest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress i...
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
The Obamas dropped by the Vatican on Friday, with daughters...
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Paul Abrams | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics