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Jason Linkins

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...

Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

President Obama Gives In to Pressure; Orders 40,000 Gay Troops to Afghanistan

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.27.2009 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

President Obama said the move was both a victory for human dignity and for pointless wars we can't possibly win.

Sam Stein

McCain: Dems Will Pass Health Care, "Blue Dogs Bark But Never Bite"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) predicted on Sunday that health care reform would pass, while a fellow Republican senator was more skeptical. Appearing o...

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe Controversially Decides to Deprive Country of Poor Health Care

Ben Berkon | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy


Ben Berkon

In political news, Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe, has publicly decided to sign the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill, controversially depriving the United States of its poor health care.

Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

The Republican Approach to Abortion and Health Care -- Fair or Unfair?

Steven Waldman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


Steven Waldman

In his "chairman's mark" on health care reform, Max Baucus had rejected the pure pro-choice position but still included provisions that pro-lifers viewed as supporting abortion.

Hatch: I Sincerely Doubt Snowe Or Collins Will Support Health Care Reform

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


What did conservative Republicans think of President Obama's health care speech last night? Not very much, apparently. Sen Orrin Hatch (R-UT)--who, yo...

Cloture Passes On Cass Sunstein, 63-35

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


On a 63-35 vote, the Senate has broken the filibuster against Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for Administrator of the White House Office of ...

Sam Stein

Hatch, Dodd: Vicki Kennedy Would Be "Great" Replacement For Husband (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Two of Ted Kennedy's closest friends in the Senate said on Sunday that they thought his widow, Vicki, would make a great temporary replacement for him...

Kennedy Memorial Service In Boston: VIDEO Highlights

Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


The private memorial service for Ted Kennedy at the JFK library in Boston Friday night drew many luminaries from the political world such as Vice Pres...

The Teddy Imperative: It is Not Just about Health Care

Bennet Kelley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Bennet Kelley

The Senate's Last Lion roars no more, but "the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."

Hatch's Kennedy Song: "Headed Home" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has released a tribute song for his late friend Ted Kennedy. The conservative senator actually wrote the song last year, wh...

The GOP Wants to Define Ted Kennedy's Funeral

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

It's a shame that our political exchange has come to this, but the GOP is preparing to pigeonhole any reference to health care at Sen. Kennedy's upcoming funeral as playing politics.

Ted Kennedy Reactions

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...

Specter: GOP Health Care Claims "Simply Not True"

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


Sen. Arlen Specter says critics of the Democrats' health care proposals are not representative of the public's view on the issue. The Pennsylvania De...

Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Activist?

Monica Youn | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


Monica Youn

In all the hullabaloo about so-called "judicial activism," wouldn't it be refreshing to hear some questions about "judicial passivism" as well?

Sam Stein

Hatch Disapproves Of Anti-Sotomayor Ad From Group He Once Supported

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah), is distancing himself from a conservative organization's ad tying Judge Sonia Sotomayor to former Weather Underground memb...

GOP Senators: Sotomayor Firefighter Plaintiff Is Victim Of "Smear Campaign"

The New Haven Independent | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


As firefighter Frank Ricci arrived in the nation's capital for his moment in the spotlight, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch came to the his defense against an a...

At Sotomayor Hearings, Some Like it Simple

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Any judgment that differs from mine, to the extent it differs from mine, does not reflect reality. I am White Guy.

The Republicans, Sotomayor, and Cheney

Sandy Maisel | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Sandy Maisel

Sessions' repetition seemed like piling on. What was the point? Was he trying to catch Sotomayor in a contradiction? To gain an admission? To score points back home?

Obama Faces First National Security Failure as Sotomayor and Health Care Hang in the Balance

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Kimberly Krautter

Last week's sustained cyber-attacks on some of our country's most sensitive government networks exposed how a country that lives by the technology can also perish by the technology.

Now Is The Time: Pass the NAT GAS Act

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green


T. Boone Pickens

The NAT GAS Act is the only way I know to quickly and effectively reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It will also save consumers thousands of dollars on fuel costs and protect our environment.

Want the Public Option as Much as I Do? Then Get Mad

Bryan Young | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics


Bryan Young

I don't trust private industry with my health.