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House Democrats May Give Up Public Health Care Option (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics


(AP) WASHINGTON — Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chambe...

Pink Slips For Congress: MILLIONS Of Pink Slips Sent

cnn.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Voters disappointed over health care and other legislative efforts have now sent 5 million "pink slips" to members of Congress, the conservative Web s...

Obama Talks About the Rights of Children

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact


Alexia Parks

Of the 193 countries who have signed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, only two countries in the world, the United States and Somalia, have refused to ratify it.

Jason Linkins

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...

Jason Linkins

ABC News' Tapper Advances "Defund ACORN" Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


Earlier this week, our own Ryan Grim reported on the incredibly true story of how Congress, in its zealous race to shower ACORN with digestive leaving...

Jason Linkins

The Unintended Consequences Of The "Defund ACORN" Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media


The primary rationale -- the only rationale -- behind your representatives' decision in the ACORN matter was to ensure that their electoral hopes don't founder because of a media-driven scandal.

Who Are the Two Syrians Released From Guantanamo to Portugal?

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Their stories, as revealed in publicly available documents from Guantánamo, reveal that neither man had any connection whatsoever to international terrorism.

In a Town Hall Meeting, Healthcare Swing-Vote Representative Baron Hill [D-IN] Takes a Clear Stand on Reform

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Gail McGowan Mellor

Hill could not represent a southern Indiana consensus view, because there was none; whatever he chose to do, it would cost him votes.

10 "Simple" Steps to Health Care Reform

Francine Hardaway | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Francine Hardaway

Here are ten simple things we can do to reform health care.

Truth and Fiction in Health Care

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Deepak Bhargava

It's always easier to criticize and tear down progress than it is to offer solutions. A public insurance option is the only way for the American people to realize true health care reform.

Want to Work 112 Days a Year? Run For Congress

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Neil Schneider

Until members of Congress fear our vote more than the special interests dollars, whatever healthcare reform comes out of Washington will unfortunately favor their interests and not ours.

On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. McCain Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

McCain had been like the Lone Ranger in the Senate working with his Tonto, Lieberman, to push for climate legislation. Suddenly, post the 2008 presidential race, he is on the fence.

On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. Alexander Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

Despite Alexander's conservative credentials, the environmental community has long hoped he could be counted on in a legislative vote to sap greenhouse gas emissions.

Obama: Congress "Tougher" Than G-8

The Hill | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics


As a summit of world leaders in Italy concluded, President Obama said dealing with Congress is more difficult than negotiating global issues with the ...

Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

Note to US Congress: Back Off of Iran!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


Patricia DeGennaro

Taking a backseat to allow others to embrace their own destiny does not weaken the United States, it strengthens it.

American Voters Want Congressional Investigations: Will Democrats Seize the Opportunity for 2010?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

The 2010 elections will very likely be about who gets blamed for the current economic disaster. Even if the economy is recovering in the latter half of next year - and that is a big "if."

Washington Showdown Over IMF Money

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

Obama and the House Democrats can't seem to muscle the votes they need to pass a $108 billion appropriation for the IMF. The stakes are high for both the administration, and the world.

Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

Any international climate treaty that omits an eventual cap on China's emissions will be a treaty that fails to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference on the climate.

In Sri Lanka: A Look at the Refugee Camp

Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Jim Luce

The Sri Lankan government has moved mountains to accommodate more than a quarter million displaced people since the war ended ten days ago. But they have many more to move.

Chutzpah and cheaters partner to keep American tire workers unemployed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...

Congress Says Yes to Guns in National Parks

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Josh Sugarmann

In its ongoing efforts to open up every possible space in America to gun toting, the NRA succeeded in attaching to the credit card bill legislation allowing loaded guns in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

Stealth Move in Washington Aims to Get $100 Billion for IMF Without Congressional Debate

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


Mark Weisbrot

We are told that poor countries will suffer if the IMF does not get a $108 billion appropriation from Congress immediately. But this is nonsense.

U.S. Congress Set To Open Cuban Exiles' Passage Back Home

Miami Herald | LESLEY CLARK AND FRANCES ROBLES | Posted 03.28.2009 | World


The 1,128-page budget bill that will begin to work its way through Congress this week contains key paragraphs that alter the shape of U.S.-Cuba policy...

Congress Divided Over Competing Stimulus Bills

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics


The Senate agreement on a roughly $827 billion economic stimulus bill sets up tough negotiations with the House primarily over tens of billions of dol...