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GAO Report: Walter Reed Problems Have Not Been Fixed

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Congress, Annette McLeod, Traumatic Brain Injury, Gao, Iraq, President Bush, Walter Reed, Iraq Veterans, Tbi, Ptsd, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

More than seven months have passed since the major problems were revealed by the Washington Post -- and after seven months, our veterans continue to wait.

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Could You Explain a Vote Against Children's Health to the Children?

Glenn W. Smith | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Health Insurance, Politics News
Glenn W. Smith

If an elected official cannot muster the courage to explain their vote to the children themselves, in a public setting we all can witness, then they must vote for the bill, and vote to override Bush's veto.

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We Can't Wait Till Bush Commits to Oppose War with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: War With Iran, Iran, Congress, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Preventing war with Iran is not a task separate from other tasks, but is related to other tasks, like getting out of Iraq.

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S-CHIP is a Defining Issue That Neither Side Can Afford to Lose

Lane Hudson | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Children's Health, George W. Bush, Politics News
Lane Hudson

House Republicans hold the keys to the castle. It is up to them to change course and vote to override the president's expected veto.

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A Truly Original Foreign Policy Idea: Public Talks

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Marketplace of Ideas, John Connolly, Tilting at Windmills, War, Congress, Media, Diplomacy, Roll Call, Iran, History, Lobby, Ahmadinejad, Institute for Public Dialogue, Conflict, Youtube, Public Talks, IFPDialogue, World Opinion, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If two groups of peoples in violent disagreement with each other on the world's stage (be they different countries, dispossessed groups, or factions w...

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"An Aggressive Effort" for Children's Health Insurance

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Health Insurance, Health Care, Healthcare, Schip, Slaughter, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

With everyone from the American public, to the nation's governors, to the private insurance industry working together, it is sad to see the president as one of the last obstacles to ensuring the health of our children.

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Is It Time For Harry Reid To Step Down?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Russ Feingold, Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights, Cloture, Patrick Leahy, Civil Rights, Filibuster, Chris Dodd, Iraq, Campaign, Ex Post Facto, Jim Webb, Bush, 2008, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Vice President, Judiciary Committee, MoveOn.Org, Budget, War, Attorney General, Democrat, Congress, Majority Leader, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Election, Ted Kennedy, Wiretapping, Brass Balls, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Veto, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Is it time to call on Harry Reid to step down from his position as Senate Majority Leader? This column poses the question, but admittedly, provides no...

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Friday Democratic Talking Points

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bob Cesca, MoveOn.Org, Frame, Framing, Talking Point, Democrat, Mccain, Congress, Joe Biden, Democratic National Committee, War Profiteering, War Room, Pr, Purple Heart, Meet the Press, Darth Cheney, Steinally Farted, John Kerry, Schip, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Spin, Obstructionist, Hillary Clinton, Childrens Health, Darth Vader, Up or Down Vote, Carl Levin, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Why are Democrats so lame on basic PR? Someone asked me that question on my blog the other day, and I didn't really have an answer. Why are Democrats...

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MoveOn And the Kabuki Congress

Ian Welsh | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Moveon Petraeus, Betray Us, Congress, Move On, Politics News
Ian Welsh

Clinton voted no. Given that she mostly hasn't pandered to the netroots I don't think this is a pander -- I think she's remembering what was done to her husband and her and understands that you never give an inch.

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Subverting Majority Rule

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Filibuster, Congress, Iraq, Obstruction, Senate, Republican, James Webb, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Republicans are filibustering so many bills that the press has begun to cover this extreme tactic as business as usual.

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Electronic Voting: If It Is Good Enough For Congress

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Electronic Voting, Democracy, Paper Ballots, Congress, E-Voting, Politics News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Since 1973 the House of Representatives has used an electronic voting system for all recorded votes. So does this electronic voting system use paper trails? Of course not.

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Section 8, White House, Moderate, Congress, Pentagon, Lamar Alexander, Oregon, Terminator, Mccain, President, Commander-in-Chief, Pence, Murtha, Military, Norm Coleman, Elizabeth Dole. Judd Gregg, Black, Constitution, Reid, Petraeus, Ramstad, Hispanic, Webb, Warner, Democratic Response, Republican Party, West, Robert Bennett, Latino, Democrat, Minnesota, Nebraska, Micromanagement, Vermont, Iraq, Liberal, South Dakota, Bush, California, Lieberman, Article 1, Kanye West, Maine, Northeast, New Hampshire, Strawman, Kanye, Indiana, Governator, Pete Wilson, Libertarian, Gordon Smith, Tim Johnson, Minority, Sununu, Domenici, Virginia, Prop-186, Reed, Collins, Murkowski, Gates, Snowe, Hagel, Schwarzenegger, Voinovich, Politics News
Chris Weigant

When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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Excuse Me, General. We Missed A Question

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, General Petraeus, Iraq, George W. Bush, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

What about "on the ground" suffering in Iraq? Is it unpatriotic to want to know what's happening to vulnerable people who have nothing against us? Like the ones who can't find water or the little children on the streets?

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Note to Democrats: Weakness on War Dooms Party

Art Levine | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Iraq, Democrats, Politics News
Art Levine

The complete unraveling of Iraq will likely take place on their watch, not under Bush, when a Democratic president begins large-scale pullouts on behalf of a public clamoring for change.

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Here's the Smell of the Blood Still

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.12.2007 | Home

Read More: Petraeus, Crocker, War, Violence, Propaganda, Iraq, Congress, Media, Home News
Norman Solomon

When Martin Luther King Jr. publicly referred to "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government," he had no way of kn...

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What if the Iraqi Parliament Had to Vote to Affirm the Presence of U.S. Troops?

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Parliament, Congress, Iraq, Withdrawal Timetable, Politics News
Robert Naiman

One of the most striking things about the Iraq debate is how little the opinions of Iraqis appear to matter concerning the continuing occupation of th...

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What Democrats Need To Say Before Bush's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: White House, Congress, Troops, Washington, Iraq, Campaign, Pr, Bush, Surge, 2008, National Security, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Spin, President Bush, Karl Rove, Petraeus, Strategy, Crocker, Primary, MoveOn.Org, 08, Democrats, Bully Pulpit, Election, 2006 Election, Joe Bob Briggs, Draft, Harry Reid, Isg, Oregon, Maine, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats in Congress have to quickly decide what to do about this state of affairs. If they aren't careful, Republicans could wind up owning the "withdrawal" as a political issue.

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Petraeus Admits "I Don't Know" If White House Plan on Iraq Makes America Safer

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, Centcom, Admiral Fallon, War on Terror, General Petraeus, Politics News
Jon Soltz

General Petraeus has a very limited area of concern -- the US military in Iraq -- and his testimony today reflected that. When one looks at the grander scale, the picture is dismal.

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Where's Admiral Fallon?

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Petraeus, Congress, Admiral Fallon, Military, Iraq, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Where is Gen. Petraeus' boss? Admiral Fallon has a far more realistic view of the war, considers the "surge" a failure, and wants to substantially draw down our troop presence.

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Michael Roston

As Petraeus Testifies, State Dept. Delays Weekly Iraq Status Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Ryan Crocker, David Petraeus, Iraq, Congress, Department of State, Brookings Institution, State Department, Iraq Weekly Status Report, Politics News

As a top American general and the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq delivered their Iraq progress reports on Capitol Hill today, the State Department failed to ...

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People-Powered Politics vs. Mitch McConnell and Big Media Censorship

Nick Nyhart | Posted 09.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Mitch McConnell, Earmarks, Public Campaign Action Fund, Politics News
Nick Nyhart

Reporters, bloggers, and Kentuckians were all asking one question: Why did all the other stations choose to air an ad about Sen. Mitch McConnell without question, and one did not?

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Oil Price Follies: This Week Starring OPEC!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.10.2007 | Business

Read More: Congress, Opec, Total, Iea, Apec, Secretaries Paulson and Bodman, George W. Bush, Oil, Oil Prices, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

While the price of oil is nearing all time highs and OPEC gathering this week in Vienna we are being treated with the same blather that precedes virtually all of these witches covens.

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Countering the Petraeus spin: the real facts on the ground

Art Levine | Posted 09.07.2007 | Home

Read More: Iraq, Congress, Petraeus, Home News
Art Levine

The Bush administration has begun a full-court press for continuing the Iraq war with exaggerated and fabricated claims of progress in Iraq. B...

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A Time To Lead

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 09.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Congress, Iraq, Bush, Democrats, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Democrats on Iraq, David Petraeus, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Leadership in the debate on Iraq is a central criterion for the Democratic presidential nomination, far more important than how a candidate looks in the debates or how much money the campaign raises.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Parts Of Revised Patriot Act

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Congress, Wiretapping, Wiretap, Politics News

A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order ...

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