Mary Landrieu

Jason Linkins

Mark Halperin's Mary Landrieu Photoshop: Pure Class

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media


As many of you know, Mark Halperin is this babbling idiot whom Time magazine hired to cobble together this insipid web product called "The Page," whic...

Senate Sextet

Shawn Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Shawn Healy

By my calculation, Senator Reid can count on 56 votes for the health care legislation as it now stands. Any attrition from this group would require Reid to reach across the aisle to recruit one or more moderate Republicans.

Ryan Grim

Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a...

Senate Health Care Bill: What's Next

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal memb...

Ryan Grim

Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to des...

Senate Votes To Debate Health Care Reform Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON (AP)-- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate...

Ryan Grim

Democrats Are United -- For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


The Senate has voted to move forward with the health care bill. The vote was 60-39 in favor of debating the bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader...

Arthur Delaney

CREW Files FEC Complaint Over Landrieu's $25,300 'Donation' To The U.S. Treasury

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commision over a myster...

Ryan Grim

Senate Dems Close In On Reform: Details Of Health Care Bill Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Read the bill (PDF). Senate Democrats have posted the legislation on their web site. --------- Senate Democrats made a big step toward comprehensive...

The Three Democrats Who Could Block Health Care Reform

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hu...

Arthur Delaney

Why Did Sen. Landrieu's Campaign Donate $25,300 To The Government?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


When a political campaign returns dirty donations, it usually releases a statement of some kind praising the integrity of the candidate. So why didn't...

Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

Jason Linkins

Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

Landrieu: Keith Bardwell Should Be Dismissed For Denying Marriage Licenses To Interracial Couples

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


(AP) NEW ORLEANS — Two civil and constitutional rights organizations called on a Louisiana justice of the peace to resign Friday after he refuse...

Who Should Pay for Health Insurance Reform?

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

"Much has been given" to those Americans at the pinnacle of wealth. So it is only fair that "much will be required" when it comes to helping pay for health insurance for those who can't otherwise afford it.

Jason Linkins

Mary Landrieu Talks Nonsense: "When People Hear Public Option They Hear Free Health Care"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Even as I write this, President Barack Obama is telling a crowd of New Orleanians that Congress will be passing health care reform "with the help of [...

Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


Peter Dreier

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

Learning to Be a Man

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Daniel Heimpel

It is hard for boys to become men when they don't have any in their lives. For John, the Chris I know and Andrade the difference can be a male role model, a mentor.

Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

Obama Healthcare Speech: How To Watch it

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


In his speech to Congress at 8 p.m. Wednesday, President Obama will press his case for major health care legislation, not just with lawmakers in the a...

Spineless Dems or a Dem-Trifecta Driven Filibuster-Proof Congress and a Media Carrot

Rob Kall | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Rob Kall

If Obama and Harry Reid don't "spine up," they will deserve to lose their next elections.

The Gang Of Six: Dickipedia

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


The Gang of Six (born July 17, 2009) is a bipartisan group of centrist and conservative Senators urging delay in consideration of health care reform, ...

Mary Landrieu Comes Out Against Public Option

TPMDC | Brian Beutler | August 27, 2009, 9:00AM | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Speaking before what was described as a friendly crowd at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Sen. Mary Landrieu said she was opposed to much of...

Republicans Lying to Old People About Euthanasia, Robots

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Republicans would have you believe that all the debate about making health insurance more affordable is merely subterfuge in the White House's scheme to impose a final solution to the nation's elderly problem.

Animals on the Hill, and in The Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

The lawmakers doing the bidding for Big Agribusiness simply don't get that the American public wants to see all animals treated humanely, including animals raised for food.