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Teabaggers To Fake Death In Senate Offices

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Senate, Tea Partiers, Freedomworks, Health Care Reform, Protests, Performance Art, Tea Party, Politics News

In case you haven't heard, the latest spectacle that Tea Party protesters are planning is a massive performance art piece that will be coming soon to ...

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Media Shield Bill Advances In Senate

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Senate, National Security, Investigative Journalists, Print, Media Shield Law, Freelance, Citizen Journalism, Sources, Media Shield Bill, US Senate, Press, Tv, Judiciary Committee, Journalism, Newspapers, Media News

WASHINGTON — A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending month...

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Senate Muddle

Mike Lux | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare, U.S. Senate, Public Option, Medicare for All, Politics News
Mike Lux

I am still in a haze over the deal struck last night on the public option. Clearly, there is both a lot of bad news in the reports coming out so far, and some good news as well.

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Stopping Stupak in the Senate

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Hyde Amendment, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

This is not the time or place to instigate a new battle over reproductive rights. Families and businesses who are getting buried under the weight of the cost of health care deserve better.

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Small Business Credit Crunch Hampering Job Creation

Sen. Byron Dorgan | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fdic, Harry Reid, Obama Administration, Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Jobs Summit, US Senate, Dick Durbin, Politics News
Sen. Byron Dorgan

There is no government program that can substitute for a good job that pays well. A key function of government, however, is to create conditions that help businesses grow and hire new workers.

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In The Public Interest: Will Health Reform Opponents Face The Facts?

Larry McNeely | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Larry McNeely

While it's perfectly reasonable to argue about the best way to reduce costs, it is the height of irresponsibility to do nothing about a national crisis and hope the sloganeering and inaction redounds to your political advantage.

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Substance Over Symbolism

Mike Lux | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, 2009 Obama Administration, U.S. Senate, Public Option Trigger, Public Option, Senate Democrats, Politics News
Mike Lux

Given the stubborn logjam between progressives and conservatives on the public option and other issues, here are six different scenarios for what might happen next.

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Lieberman Exploring New Ways to Be a Dick

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, U.S. Senate, Senate, Andy Borowitz, Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, United States Senate, Health Care, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

As the health care reform bill makes its way through the U.S. Senate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman said today that he was "actively exploring" new ways to be as big a dick as humanly possible.

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Giuliani Could Beat Gillibrand For U.S. Senate: Poll

Albany Watch | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Polls, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Giuliani Senate, US Senate, Giuliani, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, New York, New York News

A new Marist College poll that coincides with news today that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor found that ...

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Jason Linkins

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slidepoll, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Tom Latham, George Voinovich, Alan Grayson, Peter Roskam, John Shadegg, Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senate, Video, Michele Bachmann, Orrin Hatch, Slideshow, Chuck Grassley, Politics News

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

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Dennis Kucinich: The Lone Ranger

Jennifer Utz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Congress, Democratic Congress, Health Care, Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Politics News
Jennifer Utz

House lawmakers voted 220 to 215 to approve the plan. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the bill, one of whom was Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. In a statement on his website, he explained why.

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Joe Lieberman Feels "Relevant" But Does He Have to Act Like a Republican Obstructionist?

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Democratic Party, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

Is this what truly drives Joe Lieberman, being relevant, being at the center of attention, being important, being influential, being powerful?

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Getting the Deal Done

Mike Lux | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Cloture, Public Option, 2009 Obama Administration, Politics News
Mike Lux

With the Republicans becoming locked into being the party of No, Democrats are going to need to seriously consider revising the rules of the Senate at the beginning of next term.

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A Human Rights Petition to President Barack Obama

Wade Norris | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Human Rights, Executive Order, Environmental Refugees, United Nations, US Senate, Copenhagen, Climate Change, Petition, Barack Obama, Ban-Ki Moon, 350.Org, Denver News
Wade Norris

For environmental refugees both within the United States and internationally, climate change means losing their homes, land and culture.

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Jason Linkins

Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, Roland Burris, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Health Care Reform, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

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Jason Linkins

Roland Burris Basically Contributing Incoherent Babbling To The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Idiots, Roland Burris, Politics News

We really should take a minute today to appreciate the greatest contribution made by disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to America: the gift of Roland Burris.

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Confusion in the Senate Regarding Allowance Allocation

Robert Stavins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Efficiency, Waxman-Markey Legislation, U.S. Senate, Environmental Politics, Distributional Analysis, Cap-and-Trade, Kerry-Boxer Legislation, Cost-Effectiveness, U.S. House of Representatives, Global Climate Policy, Green News
Robert Stavins

The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.

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The Coming (Democratic) Victory on Health-Care Reform

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

I do think Democrats will ultimately pull together to overcome a Republican filibuster, meaning that there will be a vote on the floor on a reform package likely with a public option component.

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75 Guantanamo Prisoners Cleared for Release; 31 Could Leave Today

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, US House of Representatives, Robert Gates, Fouad Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Kuwait, Judge Gladys Kessler, Closing Guantanamo, Yemen, World, Guantanamo Detainees, Greg Craig, Guantanamo Task Force, Saudi Rehabilitation, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, Ayman Batarfi, US District Court, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Politics News
Andy Worthington

If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.

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Michael Bennet's Wall Street Ties Bring Him Money, Criticism

The Denver Post | Mike Riley | Posted 10.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Philip Anschutz, U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Wall Street, George Soros, Senate Banking Committee, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Michael Bennet, Center for Responsive Politics, Senate, Denver News

WASHINGTON -- With a push in Congress to reform regulation over Wall Street, financial firms have been spending big, and among the major beneficiaries...

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Jason Linkins

Murkowski Staffer Confuses 'Reporter' With 'Tape Recorder'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Cap and Trade, U.S. Senate, Environmental Policy, Media Criticism, Media News

There is so much to enjoy in this piece on Enviroknow, in which a blogger contacts Senator Lisa Murkowski's office to ask about a bogus set of talking...

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Too Good To Be True?

Robert Stavins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Common Property Resources, Free Rider Problem, Cost-Effectiveness, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Regulation, Global Climate Policy, Externalities, California, AB 32, Energy Efficiency, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey Legislation, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Green News
Robert Stavins

I had thought that arguments about massive "free lunches" in the energy efficiency and climate domain had long since been laid to rest. The debates in California (and some of the rhetoric in Washington) prove otherwise.

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Colorado Democrats Already Taking Sides In Democratic Primary

The Denver Post | Michael Riley and Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Colorado Senate, U.S. Senate, Diana DeGette, Andrew Romanoff, 2010 Elections, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

The Democratic primary contenders in the U.S. Senate race are furiously trying to line up supporters across the state, creating dividing lines at all ...

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As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Campaign Finance Case, Public Funding Solution is Missing

Bob Kerrey | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Public Funding, Campaign Finance Reform, Congress, Political Science, Federal Election Commission, Free Speech, Fec, First Amendment, US Senate, Fair Elections Now Act, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Bob Kerrey

When campaign finance legislation levels up rather than limits down political speech, the result is more candidates from diverse backgrounds competing for support. Call it the ''more speech'' solution.

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On the Climate Bill Fence: Senator Dick Lugar

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, U.S. Senate, Climate Legislation, Global Warming, Indiana, Waxman-Markey, Dick Lugar, Green News
Bill Chameides

Everything seems to presage a Lugar "yes" on climate legislation. Everything but Lugar's take on the current state of the U.S. economy.

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