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Trade Revolt Against Obama Intensifies

2012-05-23T20:32:48Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation late Wednesday to protest the Obama administration's refusal to share information about c...

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The Center for Public Integrity: U.S. arms Bahrain, despite human rights concerns

2012-05-16T13:52:56Z

By Aaron MehtaiWatch NewsWhile much of the world's focus has been on the civil war in Syria, the island kingdom of Bahrain continues to shake with a...

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Robert Alvarez: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From Over

2012-04-22T15:45:24Z

Despite the enormous destruction from the earthquake and tsunami, little attention was paid to the fact that the nine dry spent fuel casks at the Fukushima Da-Ichi site were unscathed. This is an important lesson we cannot afford to ignore.

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Lanny Davis: Ryan-Wyden Medicare Reform Approach - Worth a Serious Look

2012-03-21T17:25:17Z

Among the most hypocritical aspects of certain purist Democrats who call themselves liberals is their willingness to attack any Democrat who veers eve...

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Democratic Senators Warn About Use Of The Patriot Act

2012-03-16T05:09:37Z

For more than two years, a handful of Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee have warned that the government is secretly interpreting its surv...

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Ethan Rome: Republicans to America: Death to Medicare

2012-03-15T12:27:20Z

When the Republicans release their budget next week, they'll likely say they have a "new" Medicare proposal that will "save" Medicare instead of eliminate it. That's not true. The Republicans still plan to end Medicare as we know it. But they'll do so with the support of Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

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Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - and a Free-Market "Death Panel"

2012-02-17T01:10:59Z

Burr and Coburn want you to believe that they can raise the Medicare eligibility age, make you pay more in premiums, turn your health care over to the same insurers that are bankrupting you before you're sixty-five -- and that somehow you'll save money!

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Ethan Rome: Mitt Romney Tells a Huge Lie About Medicare & Social Security

2012-01-31T16:17:49Z

Shame on Romney for lying to Florida seniors as he cheers on Paul Ryan's plan to take away their health care and retirement security.

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Gary Shapiro: Revenge of the Geeks: The Day Washington Reversed Course

2012-01-19T12:09:00Z

We've all heard of the geeks -- Jobs, Bezos, Chambers, Ellison, Gates, Jacobs, Zuckerberg. But political Washington has never much concerned itself with the geek community. Yesterday, that changed.

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Wendell Potter: Lumps of Coal for Democrat Wimps and Dupes and Fact Checkers Who Need to Get Their Facts Straight

2011-12-22T11:22:11Z

Knowing from personal experience how beneficial lumps of coal can be at the holidays, I have decided to give out a few lumps of my own to folks whose recent actions make them deserving recipients.

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Richard Kirsch: The Last Thing Medicare Needs Is More Privatization

2011-12-20T14:43:09Z

The Ryan-Wyden plan is the latest variation on plans, known as "premium support," that dramatically increase the role private insurers play in providing Medicare coverage.

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Richard (RJ) Eskow: Don't Blink. The DC Machine Is Killing Medicare Right Before Our Eyes

2011-12-19T17:25:19Z

This time around the government program is Medicare, the Democratic hack who's willing to undermine it for selfish reasons is Ron Wyden, and the media outlet is (who else?) the Washington Post.

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Menachem Rosensaft: Ron Wyden: Forging Common Ground on Medicare Reform

2011-12-19T09:08:37Z

The Ryan-Wyden Medicare reform plan may well be less than perfect. But we know that all or nothing will in the end get us nothing. Ron Wyden and Paul Ryan deserve praise, not scorn, for at least trying to chart a path out of the quagmire.

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Dem Senator: New Medicare Plan Is Just 'Lipstick On The Pig'

2011-12-16T10:35:33Z

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) may have reached across the aisle to come up with a new bipartisan plan for Medicare reform, but that isn't allaying fears fro...

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Ryan-Wyden Medicare Plan: Great Political Trap, Dubious Policy

2011-12-15T15:20:00Z

Anyone who thought that the 2012 election battle over health care would be a simple matter between President Barack Obama and a candidate who wants to...

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Wyden-Ryan Medicare Proposal Has White House 'Concerned'

2011-12-15T12:34:17Z

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration expressed concern Thursday over the bipartisan Medicare reform proposal that has been hammered out between Sen....

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Robert Creamer: New Ryan Proposal Still Aims to Eliminate Medicare, Replace With Voucher Plan

2011-12-15T10:13:50Z

The real goal of Paul Ryan's plan is the same goal of his original plan: to allow Wall Street and huge private insurance companies to get their hands on the Medicare Trust Fund.

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Lawmakers Fight Internet Censorship

2011-12-02T08:05:17Z

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers proposed a new framework for an anti-piracy bill late Thursday night, hoping to derail leading legislati...

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Meet The Lawmaker Who Made Facebook Sharing Possible

2011-11-01T09:34:47Z

NEW YORK -- An Oregon senator who was behind a 1996 federal law that has made content-sharing services such as YouTube and Facebook possible is among ...

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Sen. Ron Wyden: Is the Keystone XL Pipeline a Good Deal for Americans?

2011-10-17T15:03:41Z

It's the State Department's job to decide if the Keystone XL pipeline is in the best interests of regular Americans who don't work for oil companies and American businesses that need oil to operate. And, from their perspective, it's not such a good deal.

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John W. Whitehead: U.S. v. Jones: Where Privacy, Technology and the Constitution Collide

2011-10-10T14:54:51Z

"The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little co...

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Sen. Mark Udall Questions Federal Surveillance Accountability

2011-07-28T18:25:18Z

WASHINGTON — Like its predecessor, the Obama administration says it cannot count how many people in the U.S. have had their telephone calls and ...

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Reid Opposes Short-Term Debt Limit Deal To Pass Gang Of Six Plan

2011-07-20T14:28:39Z

With Reporting By Jen Bendery

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Wednesday that he opposed pursuing a one-month exten...

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Senate Dems Don't Return Obama's Embrace Of 'Gang' Plan

2011-07-19T18:27:40Z

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration and congressional lawmakers appear to be at odds over whether they can attach a recently revived bipartisan pro...

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Emily Berman: Fool Me Once...

2011-06-13T16:34:16Z

The American people deserve to hear a real debate about what government surveillance programs are doing in their name. Only then can we make an informed decision about whether the claimed security benefits of those programs justify their costs.

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