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The Gorilla Dust of Health Care

Michael Winship | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Betsy Mccaughey, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, David Frum, Chuck Grassley, Newt Gingrich, Bruce Bartlett, Town Hall Meetings, Sarah Palin, Health Care, Politics News

What's interesting about the health care hullabaloo is that there appears to be an emerging backlash from some of the more reasoned thinkers of the conservative movement.

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The Fix

Wendy Block | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fair Elections Now Act, Money in Politics, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Arianna Huffington, California Clean Money Campaign, Arizona, Bill Moyers, Eyes and Ears, Politics News

Who isn't tempted by the siren song of big donors? Their cash paves the way for electoral triumph and its accompanying power and success.

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Big Pharma has Lured Dems Into a Faustian Bargain

Merrill Goozner | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Obama Healthcare, Obama PhRMA, Lobbyists, PhRMA Lobby, Democrats, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Phrma, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Reformers were naïve if they thought the world had changed simply because there were new tenants in the majority offices on the Hill or in the White House.

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Lobbyist-Run Group Provides Birther With Talking Points For Town Hall

Think Progress | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Jack Abramoff, Obama Birth Certificate, Tom Delay, Town Hall, Birth Certificate, Lobbyists, Tom Perriello, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Townhall, Politics News

Last night, ThinkProgress attended Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) town hall in Ruckersville, Virginia. Inside, many people were holding signs provided by...

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Is Health Care Reform About to Go the Way of No Child Left Behind?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Preventative Healthcare, Health Care Lobbyists, Public Option, Prevention, Phrma, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Obama Drug Lobbyists, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Wellness, Obama PhRMA, PhRMA Lobby, Politics News

The White House may be willing to cave on drug price negotiations and having a public option. Giving us health care reform without those key ingredients is like serving a PBJ sandwich without the peanut butter or the jelly.

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Occam's Razor Can Cut Down the Health Care Lobbyists

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Health Insurance, Electronic Medical Records, Sweden, Jack Abramoff, Cigna, President Obama, OpenSecrets.Org, Catastrophic Health Insurance, Canada, The Health-Care Industry, Aig, General Motors, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, Pharmaceutical Industry, Aetna, Federal Deficit, Occam's Razor, Lobbyists, United Health Group, The National Debt, Cyberounds.com, Peter Orszag, Single Payer, Cookbook Medicine, Single Payer Health Care, Japan, Blue Cross Blue Shield, France, Chrysler, Dow Jones, Great Britain, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Cuba, Holland, Scandanavia, Politics News

Private health-insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists are threatening the health and stability of America. Some argue that this is equivalent to crimes against humanity.

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Is Obama Selling Us Down the River to Big Pharma?

Bryan Young | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Kurt Vonnegut, Phrma, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Obama Administration, Obama, Obama Big Pharma, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Bringing lobbyists from Big Pharma into the health care negotiations is anathema to the process and makes them feel like they deserve a place at that table.

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No, Rahm ; Your Compromise on Health Reform Is F**cking Stupid

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lee Stranahan, Video, Heal-Care-Reform, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Lobbying, Rahm Emanuel, Lobbyists, Youtube, Health Insurance, Democrats, Pharma, Politics News

I had been thinking the biggest enemy to real health insurance reform was Montana Senator Max Baucus but I'll be damned if now I don't think it's you, Rahm.

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Truth and Fiction in Health Care

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News

It's always easier to criticize and tear down progress than it is to offer solutions. A public insurance option is the only way for the American people to realize true health care reform.

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Banks Still Cheating People Out of Their Homes

Mike Elk | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Evan Bayh, Loan Modifications, Predatory Lending, Making Home Affordable, Wall Street, Campaign Contributions, Lobbyists, Dick Durbin, Blue Dogs, Home Affordable Modification, Max Baucus, Foreclosure, Center for American Progress, Cramdown, Business News

We can't allow Wall Street to go on cheating people out of the most important possession of their lives -- their home.

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Republican Party Has Become "Cash for Clunkers"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gallup Poll, Cash for Clunkers, Wealthy, Healthcare Reform, Corporations, Demographics, Republican Party, Lobbyists, Politics News

The Republican Party is disintegrating in front of our eyes. The latest Gallup Poll has them leading in party identification in six states and tied in two. That means they're trailing in 42 states!

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The Forger's Dilemma

Carl Pope | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Forgery, Bonner, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Lobbyists, Green News

What's an organization whose core mission is to create a false impression supposed to do when its hired agents add an additional, unauthorized layer of falsity to the scheme?

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Florida's Enigma

Jerry Waxman | Posted 09.04.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Health Care Bill, Bill Nelson, Public Option, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, The Family, Single Payer, Health Care, Healthcare, Eyes & Ears News

Senator Bill Nelson's (D-FL) staff surprised the delegates by stating that the Senator likes the public option -- however, they were wondering if they were being told what he thought they wanted to hear.

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Green News Report - August 4, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The Democracy of Lobbyists; The forgeries of 'Clean Coal'... PLU...

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Tauzin's Pharma Lobbying Efforts "Blessed" By White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Barack Obama, Health Care Lobbyists, Phrma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Bill Tauzin, Politics News

In today's Los Angeles Times Tom Hamburger reports on the extent to which former Louisiana Congressman Billy Tauzin has managed to integrate himself, ...

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Durbin Responds To Right-Wing Harassment Strategy: We "Won't Fall For A Sucker-Punch Like This"

Think Progress | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom Works, Dick Durbin, Durbin, Town Hall, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Gop, Democrats, Health Care, Jonathan Cohn, Politics News

ThinkProgress reported today on the growing number of angry right-wing activists viciously harassing Democratic, as well as moderate Republican, membe...

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Right Wing Groups Harassing Dems At Town Halls

Think Progress | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Freedomworks, Tea Party, Democrats Harrassment, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbyists, Frank Kratovil, Ahip, Town Halls, Democrats, Tim Bishop, Republicans, Politics News

Today, House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representativ...

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States, Cities Still Spending Millions On Lobbying For Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 09.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Stimulus Spending Lobbyists, Stimulus Spending, Stimulus, Lobbyists, Stimulus Money, Transparency, Business News

Strapped local and state governments are still spending on at least one activity: seeking stimulus money....

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Glenn Greenwald: When MSNBC Lets Wolffe Host, They Give "An Hour Every Night To A Corporate Lobbyist"

salon.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Lobbyists, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Glenn Greenwald, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Countdown, Corporate Lobbyists, Media News

This week, former Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe was a guest-host on MSNBC's Countdown while Keith Olbermann is on vacation. When Olbermann is ther...

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Ethics Panel Members Get Defense Earmarks While Investigating Them

Washington Post | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Jo Bonner, Earmarks, Pma Group, Lobbying, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Lobbyists, House of Representatives, Appropriations, House Ethics Committee, Zoe Lofgren, Visclosky, Transparency, Politics News

Members of the House ethics committee, who are investigating a pattern of lawmakers steering federal funds to generous defense contractors, have just ...

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American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Most police officers in America do not require greased-palms for their services. But if one wishes to attend a chicken cordon bleu dinner with Senator Max Baucus of Montana, it will cost him $10,000

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We Have Forgotten How Real Political Change Happens

Johann Hari | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Volunteering, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Global Warming, Politics News

When you are just one person sitting on a warming planet -- when you see economies collapsing, wars raging, and reasons for fear on every corner -- how should you react?

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Health Insurance Stocks Soar On Baucus Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Max Baucus, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Health Care Industry, Politics News

One of the things that gets obscured by the huge sums of money being spent by lobbyists to degrade, deride, and defuse legislation is that in reality,...

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Health Insurance Industry Releases Ad Thanking Max Baucus For Screwing Over The American People

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Public Option, Humor, Lobbyists, Bribery, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Barack Obama, Campaign Donations, Satire, Political Humor, Health Care Reform, Obstructionist, Max Baucus, Political Satire, Max Baucus Health Care, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Comedy News

You have to admire the gumption of Baucus and the Blue Dogs. Ignoring the will of the people. Happily to derailing the Democratic party agenda. Stabbing their President in the back.

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Want to Work 112 Days a Year? Run For Congress

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Michael Jackson, Pharmaceutical Industry, Congress, Health Care, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, U.S. Congress, Special Interest Groups, Politics News

Until members of Congress fear our vote more than the special interests dollars, whatever healthcare reform comes out of Washington will unfortunately favor their interests and not ours.

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