Facts and Lies about Lowering Oil Prices
Big Oil makes more money when prices go up and that money is nicely spread among its allies in Congress. Trusting these guys is like trusting your neighborhood pusher.
Big Oil makes more money when prices go up and that money is nicely spread among its allies in Congress. Trusting these guys is like trusting your neighborhood pusher.
Politico | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this morning that the House Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution offered by Rep. De...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
It is a promise we made to the veterans of World War II: that those who defend our country should be able to take advantage of America's opportunity. This legislation again fulfills that promise.
M. and V. Sommer, D. Wyles | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
Armed with an exciting Obama-Pelosi ticket, we get the best of possible worlds. Now the kicker: how should the campaign bumper stickers read? Obama-Pelosi? Barry-Nancy? Not bad.
Lou Dubose | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home
The Bush Administration shielded itself from anti-torture laws, but prohibitions on torture aren't so easily circumvented-- they live on the books here and overseas and without statutes of limitation.
Hilary Rosen | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
I don't know what Hillary Clinton will do in the next few weeks. But I do know that she is not going to take an unwinnable fight to the convention and spoil the party.
Tom Andrews | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Tom Andrews, former Member of Congress and National Director of Win Without War, discusses the coming Congressional vote on funding for the war in Ira...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Press conferences are nice, but how soon is Congress going to take action? It could be as early as this week.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics
I think about how our "leaders" are limited in ways we are not. There's been some fancy rhetoric from Leader Pelosi, Sen. Clinton and others, but the actions of one person can be even more articulate.
David Sirota | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics
The lawmakers who pretend to weep and cry at the atrocities in Tibet and Darfur maneuver to reward a Colombian government that helps commit human rights atrocities.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
The protesters did not extinguish the Olympic flame today -- the authorities did.
The Seattle Times | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she favors a reduction in the number of superdelegates -- and their oversized influence -- in ch...
Matt Littman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
The superdelegates are quickly realizing that Obama's ability to put more states in play will increase their chances of victory.
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she favors a reduction in the number of superdelegates _ and their oversized influence _ in...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Many more Republicans than Democrats are stepping down this year, making it almost impossible for the GOP to make gains.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics
The Democratic presidential ticket will be a "Dream Team," Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, it just won't have both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's name...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
Via Politico: Nancy Pelosi tells Boston TV that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket is "impossible." "I think that the Clinton administration ha...
Donnie Fowler | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
If the Democratic race is still very close when summer rolls around, then how else is one of them going to get the nomination if they don't start recruiting delegates of all kinds to switch sides?
Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home
Obama swept to victory in South Carolina, giving this once-red state a purple hue. Over 520,000 people voted tonight in the Democratic primary - walloping the turnout of last week's GOP primary.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.15.2008 | Home
Young and young-at-heart voters are looking for inspiration. With tensions running thick, who will HALT and inspire us?
New York Times | STEVEN R. WEISMAN and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business
The Bush administration and Congressional leaders, increasingly concerned about a possible recession, are moving closer to agreeing that an economic s...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics
The race for president is officially wide open on both sides, meaning that our California primary votes may actually make a difference.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
Granite-staters are fed up with anything that constitutes politics-as-normal inside the Beltway and that includes anyone who is perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- associated with it.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The campaigns must be tech-savvy, youth-friendly, and otherwise inclusive of this new generation of voters. Rock on, young voters -- tonight is your victory.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.
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Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green