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Senate Passes Foreclosure Rescue Plan

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — A mortgage rescue to help hundreds of thousands of struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and get more affordable, safer loans pas...

Clinton Going Back To Work

AFP | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator Hillary Clinton will return to congressional politics this week before staging her first joint appearances with White Ho...

McCain On Crime Gun Trace Data

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

During Sen. John McCain's speech to a National Rifle Association gathering in D.C. in September 2007, he said the following: So you know, my friends, ...

Climate Bill Bugged Even Some Senators From Greener States

WSJ.com | Jeffrey Ball | Posted 06.09.2008 | Green


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...

Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid Says Hillary Clinton Should Stay In The Race: "People Should Just Cool Their Jets"

Erin Medlicott | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home


Erin Medlicott

"This primary is a good thing. Democrats have developed a way to raise $100 million, 80 percent in donations under $90. We have millions more registered voters, 50,000 new Democrats in Nevada."

Religion in Politics: Does Anyone Really Believe Obama, Clinton and McCain Are Particularly Devout?

Michael Russnow | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Michael Russnow

The candidates' pronouncements seem designed to appeal to a mass audience of believers rather than actually provide an indicative revelation of the devout convictions they presume to uphold.

Why Does Joe Lieberman Hate Obama so Much as to Suggest He is a Marxist?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano asked Sen. Joe Lieberman if Obama is "a Marxist, as Bill Kristol says might be the case?" "I must say that's a go...

VIDEO: "Special Interests" Say Thank You At Republican US Senate Campaign Launch

The Uptake | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home


The Uptake

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Why I Support the Responsible Plan to End the War

Jeff Merkley | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Jeff Merkley

It's not enough to wait for a new president to lead us out of way. We must start today to bring our troops home.

The Bush Plan: Every Veteran Left Behind

Jeff Merkley | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics


Jeff Merkley

The men and women who have served this country in the Armed Forces left our shores to fight overseas for us. The absolute least we can do is fight for them when they come home.

The Senate Should Say "No" to Telecom Immunity

Jeff Merkley | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Jeff Merkley

For the last several years, the telecoms have turned over the records of millions of Americans. These records were released under no warrant or judicial oversight.

Democrats To Press For Commission To Oversee War Contracts

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despit...

Senate Passes Energy Bill To Raise Fuel Efficiency

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill t...

Senate To Begin Working On "Historic' Global Warming Bill

McClatchy | David Whitney | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


After 20 hearings and countless speeches on the Senate floor warning of the risks of failure, a key committee starts work Wednesday on historic legisl...

Mukasey Flunks Grade School Civics and Should Be Rejected

Stephen Kaus | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Stephen Kaus

It is indicative of how outrageous Bush's previous Attorneys General have been that Mukasey is considered a moderate and Bush appears to be about to get away with this.

Second Prostitute Linked To Senator Vitter Passes Polygraph

Associated Press | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home


A former New Orleans prostitute who will be featured in Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine appeared at his office Tuesday to accuse Sen. David Vitter of h...

Nebraska Needs You Back, Mr. Kerrey

Chuck Lippstreu | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics


Chuck Lippstreu

When Kerrey comes back he'll put a new face on a state that roundly embarrasses itself almost every election cycle.

Enough is Enough

Michael Rogers | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics


Michael Rogers

The time when politicians can stand with one foot on the platform of homophobia and the other in the closet has come to an end.


 

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