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Sam Stein

Lieberman And Brown Have Both Expressed Support For Medicare Buy-In Approach

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


As Democrats in the Senate discuss a compromise approach to health care reform centered on expanding Medicare, they should be encouraged by the fact t...

Vitter, Coburn Public Option Bluff Called By Democrats (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics


Democrats took on a pair of Republican senators Friday, signing on to an amendment that would make lawmakers join the public option. On Thursday, thi...

Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

China Buys Hummer Brand -- Further Evidence of a Shock Doctrine-Assaulted America?

Rob Kall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Rob Kall

We have to wonder if the US had taken Hummer, especially with its dependence on the military version, and turned it into a government-owned operation, would the US benefit?

Ryan Grim

Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a...

Sam Stein

Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Despite carving out a niche for himself as a leading progressive voice in Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) rarely goes in for headline-grabbin...

Progressives To Reid: Hold Firm On Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met on Monday night with a group of Senate Democrats who urged him not to back down from his decision to put a publi...

We Are What We Buy and How We Buy It

David Sirota | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

The debate over climate change legislation is probably the best example of a bill that seems unrelated to trade, and yet could be rendered almost completely meaningless if it doesn't include real trade reform.

Sam Stein

Dems Counter-Punch Cheney: He Masterminded Failure (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Democrats pushed back forcefully against Dick Cheney on Sunday for comments the former vice president made accusing President Barack Obama of "ditheri...

Sam Stein

Opt-Out Public Option Gains Steam Among Dems, But Questions Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


With Reporting By Jeff Muskus Democratic senators were largely caught off-guard on Thursday as a compromise approach to health care reform -- emergin...

Health 'Opt-Out': Brilliant Maneuver or Crippling Compromise?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Richard (RJ) Eskow

The opt-out is a hard blow to the public option, and potentially a crippling one. When a solution sounds too good to be true -- we can compromise and still get everything we want! -- it probably is.

Health Insurance Reform Must Include Public Option

Sen. Sherrod Brown | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Sen. Sherrod Brown

The public option is the moral compass of health reform. In the last 100 years, Democrats have yet to be on the wrong side of progressive reform. Let's not start now.

Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

Forging a Green Economic Recovery at Home

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Edwin D. Hill

Manufacturing is moving into a new, energy-efficient stage, but it's in danger of leaving out the American worker altogether without an aggressive approach in Washington to encourage its domestic growth.

Senator Brown Calls for New Investments in Clean Energy Manufacturing

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green


Jesse Jenkins

Senator Brown's efforts to advance new investments in clean energy technologies and manufacturing are critical.

Right-Wing Ups its Attacks on Clean Energy and Green Jobs; Here's How We Need to Respond

Cathy Calfo | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green


Cathy Calfo

This is not a vast left-wing conspiracy. We want to make clean energy as American as apple pie.

Democratic Senators Send Obama Climate Bill Warning Letter

Treehugger | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green


A group of 10 moderate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying that they will not support any domestic climate change bill that ...

Ryan Grim

Dem Senators: White House Says It Cut No Deal With Drug Makers

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


A senior White House aide told Democratic senators Thursday that the administration did not make a deal with the pharmaceutical lobby that would preve...

Jeff Muskus

Extremist Outbursts At Town Halls Put GOP In Tough Spot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


National conservative groups organizing angry protests on health care reform at congressional town halls this week are drafting behind the "birther" m...

GE Moves Green Jobs To China

Mike Elk | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

In the last decade, GE has closed over fifteen factories in Ohio and downsized numerous others. Since 1980, employment in GE Lighting has dropped by 68 percent.

America Needs a National Manufacturing Policy. Now.

Sen. Sherrod Brown | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. Sherrod Brown

Robust manufacturing capacity is not only essential if we are to achieve energy independence and equip our military, it is the key to global competitiveness in emerging markets.

Health Reform That Works for Every American

Sen. Sherrod Brown | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Sen. Sherrod Brown

Private insurance rations care by ability to pay -- and puts insurance company bureaucrats between you and your doctor. Our plan rejects this failed system.

Maria, Maria! Washington's Maria Cantwell Voted 'Sexiest Senator' (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style


Last week we asked you to select the sexiest senator on Capitol Hill. Nearly 40,000 of you voted, and although many of you wrote in former Illinois S...