Pete Stark

Pete Stark: "I Wouldn't Dignify You By Peeing On Your Leg" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), told an anti-reform attendee at a recent town hall meeting that he wouldn't "dignify" the man by peeing on his leg. The...

Sam Stein

Pete Stark: Co-Ops The Equivalent Of A "Medical Unicorn"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


One of the leading progressive voices in the House of Representatives declared on Thursday that a co-operative approach for health insurance coverage ...

Stark Contrast at Health Care Town Hall in California

Ruby Bernstein | Posted 09.17.2009 | Eyes & Ears


Ruby Bernstein

Members of the Minutemen, supporters of the LaRouche movement, and other conservatives loudly brought their agendas to the public meetings.

Maligned Texas Hospital Gives Top Dollar To Senate Dems

The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


One of the largest sources of campaign contributions to Senate Democrats during this year's health care debate is a physician-owned hospital in one of...

Pete Stark's Fundraiser With Health Care Interests Raises Eyebrows

National Journal | Bara Vaida | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


A K Streeter sent me a copy of an invitation to a July 21 dinner and fundraiser for Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chair of the House Ways & Means health ...

Jeff Muskus

Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the b...

Healthcare Reform Won't Happen This Year: Top Democrat Clyburn

The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


A prominent House Democrat said he doesn't expect a comprehensive healthcare reform bill to pass Congress in 2009, saying an incremental approach to c...

Watch A New Health Care Documentary From Brave New Films!

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


Jason Rosenbaum

This weekend, come watch the new documentary about health care by Robert Greenwald at Brave New Films called Diagnosis: NOW! Here's the trailer: Th...

Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

Gap In GOP Candidates' Healthcare Plans Would Hit Cancer Patients

LA Times | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insu...

Pelosi Rebukes Stark For Iraq Comments

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rebuked a fellow San Francisco Bay-area liberal Friday for what she said were "inappropriate" comments about Iraq during a ...

Congressman: GOP Sending Troops To Iraq To "Get Their Heads Blown Off For The President's Amusement"

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A House Democrat accused Republicans Thursday of sending troops to Iraq to "get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." The outburst fr...