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"Justice Can't Wait:" Judicial Selection in the First 10 Months of the Obama Administration

Nan Aron | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Filibuster, Senate, Judicial Nominees, Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Obstructionism, Judges, President Obama, Politics News

Alliance for Justice has released a new report on judicial selection in the first ten months of the Obama administration. An assessment of the steps ...

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Putting Off Health Care

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, House of Representatives, National Review, Unemployment, Health Care, Politico, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Kaiser Family Foundation, Senate, Politics News

Delaying implementation only allows the relentlessly increasing unemployment rate to push up the relentlessly increasing rate of the uninsured.

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Breaking Wall Street's Boom, Bailout Cycle

Sen. Ted Kaufman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Senate, Business News

Congress and the SEC have not enacted any reforms. And the American people remain at risk of another financial debacle. Mr. President, we must never let this happen again.

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The 60 Vote Rule - What's Worse: An Oppressive Majority or an Obstructionist Minority?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supermajority Requirement, Filibuster, Cloture, 60 Vote Rule, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News

The Constitution provides the circumstances under which more than a majority is required, and this type of legislation being considered for health care reform is definitely not on the list.

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

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GOP Folds On Unemployment Benefits Fight: 14-Week Extension Passes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Harry Reid, Unemployment, Jobless Benefits, Senate, Unemployment Benefits, Transparency, Politics News

The GOP called for the check Wednesday night, having had enough of the fight over an extension of unemployment benefits that the party had held up for...

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See HuffPost's Front Pages From Election Day 2008

Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Home Page, Election Day November 2009, House, Obama's Election, Off Year Elections, Election Day, Archives, Congress, Election Day 2009, Front Page, Senate, Hillary Clinton, Media News

Browse the front pages from last year's races by clicking on a front page from any given day, then slide the hour to see how the page changed througho...

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GOP Health Care Bill WON'T Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Sick People

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...

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The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steven Hill, New America Foundation, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Barack Obama, President Obama, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?

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Health Care's Next Big Fight: Tax the Rich or Slam Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Excise Taxes, So-Called-Cadillac-Plans, Obama, House, Unions, Senate, Lieberman, Politics News

Neither the House nor Senate versions of the health care bill could offer the extensive, affordable coverage that reformers are hoping for or that Democrats have been promoting.

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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The Environment and the Economy

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Senate, Climate Change, Bernie Sanders, Green Jobs, Global Warming, Green News

As we struggle with this economic crisis, it is imperative that we create millions of good-paying jobs. And the interesting thing here is that good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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Health Care Cooperatives Can Work

Steven Hill | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health-Care-Cooperatives, Senate, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Germany, Max Baucus, Health Care, Co-Ops, Barack Obama, Politics News

Private, nonprofit health care cooperatives, properly designed, actually could offer quite a lot to both the left and the right, as well as to anyone who is interested in expanding health care coverage.

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Crist's Senate Candidacy Undercut by Claims, Power Grab

Matt Mackowiak | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, Charlie Crist, Senate, Florida, Governor Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Politics News

As the open U.S. Senate race in Florida heats up, the record of incumbent Governor Charlie Crist is rightly being examined by the news media, conservative activists and Florida voters.

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Cartoon: Joe Uncool

Shan Wells | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Senate, Traitor, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Backstabber, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Joe-Liberman, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, GOP Candidates, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Denver News

What do Joe Lieberman and Lucy from Peanuts have in common?

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Lieberman Twists the Knife

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Olympia Snowe, Senate, Public Option, Ron Paul, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Medicare, Joe Lieberman, Libertarian, Health Care, Politics News

Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? His threat to thwart a vote on health care legislation should be the last straw that ends his Democratic caucus connection.

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Lieberman Lies About the Public Option

Bill Scher | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Opt-Out, Health Care, Harry Reid, Senate, Joe Lieberman, Health Insurance, Aetna, Politics News

Lieberman announced today he would filibuster the health care bill because it contains a public option compromise. Why does he want to do this? I don't know (*cough* -- Aetna -- *cough* *cough*) exactly.

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The Public Option, and Why Letting It Snowe Is Foolish

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Filibuster, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

If a health care bill is as critical as the Democrats -- and American public -- say it is, then what matters is passing it in as strong a form as possible, not gutting it for the sake of one, empty Republican vote.

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Media's Credibility (Not Public Option) Is What Is Dead

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Democrat, Committee, Public Option, House, Msm, Congress, Reform, Media, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Democratic, Baucus, Chris Weigant, Health, Public Option Is Dead, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Health Care, Senate, Healthcare, Reid, Bill, Media News

The media has been pushing the "public option is dead" theme for so long, it's no wonder they're so astonished by yesterday's news that a public option will be included in the Senate bill.

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

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Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, th...

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Howard Fineman: Obama's Pointless Pursuit Of Olympia Snowe

Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. John Kerry, Senate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Republican, Health Care Reform, Senate Finance Committee Bill, Bipartisanship, Republican Senators, Barack Obama, Politics News

On Mount Olympus in Greece there were many gods, but on Mount Olympia in the District of Columbia there is one: Snowe of Maine, daughter of Spartan im...

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Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

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Health Care Reform

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Care, Bernie Sanders, Senate, Medicare, Single Payer, Politics News

I am going to continue the fight for single-payer. I am cautiously optimistic that we may end up with legislation that will allow states to go forward with single-payer if they want to.

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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