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Our Water Crisis: Too Big For Even a Czar

Susan J. Marks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Czars, John Tubbs, David Hayes, Anne Castle, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, Czars, Water Crisis, Cameron Davis, Green News
Susan J. Marks

Water is the new oil, except there is no alternative. We can't live without it. The water crisis is here and now in our backyards, and in our homes.

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The Logic of Terror

Carl Pope | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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Carl Pope

The personalization of public services exists on both sides of the aisle -- but it is the Republican leadership that has put minority rule on steroids.

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Filbusters and Holds Have No Place on Confirmations

Sandy Maisel | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dawn Johnsen, Obama Nominees, David Hayes, Senator Robert Bennett, Senate Holds, Olympia Snowe, David Souter, Filibuster, Ken Salazar, John Kyl, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

Holds are inherently undemocratic. The filibuster was never meant to be used for such purposes. And it is time for the United States Senate to mend its ways.

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David Hayes: Obama Interior Nominee Blocked By GOP

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Senator Harry Reid, David Hayes, Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, President Obama, David Hayes Obama, David Hayes Interior, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil a...

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McCain Opposes Interior Nominee Because He Compared Reagan To Bush

Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, David Hayes, Ronald Reagan, Senate Confirmation, Barack Obama, Politics News

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain today denounced as "highly offensive" remarks about Ronald Reagan made by President Barack Obama's nominee for the...

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McCain's Move to Canonize "St. Ronnie"

Will Bunch | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Chelsea Clinton, John McCain, David Hayes, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Politics News
Will Bunch

McCain says that he may vote against an Obama appointee for the sole reason that the nominee made what strikes me as a fairly tepid criticism of the 40th president, in a comment that was really aimed at Bush.

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