Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
Thank you, Rep. Eshoo, for your commitment to having a bill that does not allow for "evergreening." Now the question becomes -- how are we going to get one?
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
I have little doubt that the day will soon arrive when the CEOs of health "insurers" are dragged before Congress to face the same sort of interrogation to which the Waxman Hearings subjected Big Tobacco in the 1990s.
Kate Kelly | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Legislation concerning the changes for the drug approval process on a special type of medicine (biologic medicines) could provide huge savings -- a major need with health care reform.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. Companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.
The Hill | Jared Allen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Democrats are split over Rep. Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) plan to hold high-profile hearings to pressure the insurance industry. Some are convinced tha...
Roll Call | Tory Newmyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Two senior House Democratic lawmakers are seeking new information from six top insurance companies in an ongoing probe of the industry's business prac...
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Last week, Rep. Waxman paneled a discussion at UCLA on climate change. Later, he was gracious enough to sit down with me for an interview.
Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
With makeshift signs that read "Don't Tread On Me" and "The End of Freedom is Socialism," these conservative citizens were there to rally for their side of the healthcare debate, albeit too often, an ill-informed idée fixe.
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A spokesman for the health insurance industry accused Democrats of mounting a "fishing expedition" on Wednesday, as individual insu...
James Love | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
The White House has abandoned any real effort to control costs in the pharma sector and Democrats have taken this hands-off approach as a green light to side with Big Pharma.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
It's not just the bizarro "birther" brigades that are treating Obama as electorally illegitimate. Think about the way the health-care fight has played out recently.
Lanny Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
I know to be effective helping the president pass national health care at long last -- which I strongly support -- it would help a little if I understood a little more.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
After nearly two weeks of delays, a health care bill passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee late Friday night, setting the stage for a full fl...
Huff Radio | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
Andrew Cuomo discovered that $33 billion in bonuses were paid by Wall Street firms during the height of the meltdown and the public bailout. Where's the outrage?
James Love | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
The Eshoo/Barton amendment, which has the support of many newly pro-PhRMA democrats, will extend the period of monopolies for biologic medicines.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Conservative Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are celebrating their success in delaying a full floor vote on health care...
David Roberts | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
Henry Waxman's The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works is a series of first-person yarns containing startling measures of suspense, drama, and pathos.
nytimes.com | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
In the 1980s, Nancy Reagan told Americans to "Just Say No" to recreational drugs. Now a handful of legislators are just saying no to TV commercial...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Health care reform negotiations in the House, which had collapsed in an acrimonious heap earlier Friday, are now back on. Two Democrats who had been...
The Hill | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is "no alternative" to having healthcare legislation bypass his commit...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made it official Thursday, telling reporters that his chamber will miss President Obama's August-recess dea...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Henry Waxman is looking to resume health care negotiations Thursday night. Maybe. Waxman (D-Calif.) heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, th...
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green