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Sierra Club RAW: Bachmann Drilling Overdrive (And Other Assorted Idiocy)

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

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Josh Dorner

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

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Democrats Look To Grab Five Senate Seats On Environment, Economy

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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NASHUA, N.H. -- The maverick voters of New Hampshire love to keep politicians guessing. But this state, famous for its libertarian mojo, has shifted...

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Senate Republicans Block Troop Funding Bill

America Blog | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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Wow. Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetsVoice posed the question: "Will Senate...

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Seeking 60 Seats

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Bob Burnett

If Democrats want to increase their majority in the Senate to 60 so that Barack Obama's agenda would not be held hostage by Republican filibusters, they will have to gain 10 new seats.

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Obama Pledges Imposing "Oil Windfall Profits Tax" -- Right Message, Wrong Language

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

On Tuesday, oil companies with the help of Senate Republicans showed the nation who's boss. Maybe we could shame them into doing the right thing by calling the legislation the "Cartel Profits Tax."

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Conservatives Blame Own Party For Woes, Try To Push GOP To The Right

Politico | Martin Kady II and Patrick O'Connor | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate are unhappier than they have been at any point since Newt Gingrich was ousted in a palace coup in 199...

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Climate Bill Bugged Even Some Senators From Greener States

WSJ.com | Jeffrey Ball | Posted 06.09.2008 | Green

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Last week's Senate debate over a bill to cap U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions wasn't much of a cliffhanger. Opponents called the bill too expensive; prop...

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Sen. John Warner Checks Into Hospital

Politico | Patrick O'Connor | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), who's completing his final year in office, remains in the hospital Tuesday after checking into Inova Fairfax Hospital Monday...

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GOP Defending 9 Of 10 Most Vulnerable Senate Seats

MyDD | Jonathan Singer | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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Last month, when Rothenberg released its list of the most competitive House races, I chided the outlet for missing the forest for the trees. Just beca...

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McCain Considers Resigning Senate Seat

Arizona Central | Dan Nowicki | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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The announcement this week that Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., won't seek re-election sparked a new round of speculation by local bloggers and state Capi...

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Democrats Considering Caving On Iraq War Funding

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Congressional leaders are assembling a $500 billion package to try to resolve an impasse by providing President Bush with unfettered money for the Ira...

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Senate Republicans Filibuster Energy Bill

Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes this morning to close debate on the energy bill passed by the House yesterday, setting the scene for a ...

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Getting Back to Business...Ending the War in Iraq

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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Rep. John Murtha

As we begin the fifth holiday season without a redeployment plan, we are faced with two choices: Either we continue to stick with a policy that sacrifices American blood or we can listen to the American people.

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Two Years after I Called for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces from Iraq, Bush Refuses to Provide the American People with a Responsible Exit Strategy

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

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Rep. John Murtha

Two years ago, I was convinced that the president's lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation.

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Democrats Say No '07 War Funding Without A Withdrawal Plan

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. Frust...

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Larry Craig Ethics Complaint Backfires On GOP

AP | Charles Babington | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

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Larry who? Now that scandal-tinged Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reneged on a pledge to resign this fall, his fellow Republican senators act as though t...

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Craig To Be Inducted In Idaho Hall Of Fame

AP via ABC News | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home

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Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting...

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Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down on the Move On "Betray Us" Ad and the Senate Censure Vote

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Two thumbs up for Moveon.Org as an organization. It has done as much as anyone to catalyze opposition to the Iraq war, to build the progressive wing o...

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