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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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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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Obama Presses Hard to Unite Dems on Healthcare and Slaps Down Republican "Demagoguery"

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Demagoguery, Public Option, Insurance, Death Panels, Social Security, US Senate, President Obama, Government Takeover, Denial of Pre-Existing Conditions, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform, Socialism, Health Care, US House, Ted Kennedy, Joint Session of Congress, Politics News

The President's speech was so powerful it probably sent many of the nation's health insurance industry robber barons into economic cardiac arrest.

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Jane Norton In Senate Race: Former GOP Lt. Governor Files Paperwork

Denver Business Journal | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dick Wadhams, U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet, 2010 Elections, Colorado Senate Race, Jane Norton, Denver News

Former Colorado Lt. Gov. Jane Norton said Tuesday she has formed an exploratory committee for a possible U.S. Senate race in 2010....

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What's In Max Baucus' Boxes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gang of 6, U.S. Senate, Health Care Reform, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Politics News

Max Baucus is in the news today because he has "circulated the framework" of a health care reform bill of his own which Ezra Klein calls "not-that-bad...

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Getting Past the Senate

Mike Lux | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, U.S. Senate, Charles Grassley, Whip Count, 2009 Obama Administration, Politics News

Passing a strong, comprehensive bill, with a public option, through the Senate is eminently doable. Let's look at the actual facts in terms of passing a bill acceptable to most Democrats.

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The Audacity of Obama

Claudia Ricci | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Health, Insurance Companies, President of the United States, Speech, Barack Obama, Cigna, Audacity of Home, US Senate, Aetna, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Wellpoint, Politics News

Tragically, it's almost as though President Obama and his handlers don't get it. They don't see what we saw as he was swept into office on a groundswell of grass roots support in January.

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Romanoff, Ritter Discussed Deal For Lieutenant Governor's Seat

The Denver Post | Mike Riley | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Lietenant Governor, U.S. Senate, Evan Dreyer Floyd Ciruli, Andrew Romanoff, Barabara O'Brien, Michael Bennet, Denver Public Schools, Bill Ritter, Democratic Primary, Denver News

Andrew Romanoff set his sights on a race for the U.S. Senate only after the breakdown of several months of backroom negotiations with Gov. Bill Ritter...

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Rachel Maddow Tackles Potential Romanoff/Bennet Primary (Watch)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Rachel Maddow, Liberals, Public Option, Colorado, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Michael Bennet, Denver News

Rumors that incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet may face a primary challenge from former Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff are now...

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, John Culver, Mike Mansfield, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Library, John McCain, Gary Hart, Politics News

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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Demystifying The Media's Take On Budget Reconciliation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Senate, Budget Reconciliation, Media News

Should it come down to using budget reconciliation, you can expect the punditocracy to inveigh against it. The foundation for this has already been laid by the AP using the GOP "nuclear option" talking point.

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Spitzer Eyeing Return To Politics?

New York Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Eliot Spitzer Resignation, New York State Comptroller, Spitzer Affair, US Senate, Spitzer Career, Kirsten Gillibrand, Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, New York, New York News

Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been privately talking with friends about a possible comeback, and is considering a run for statewide office n...

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Romanoff To Challenge Bennet For Democratic Senate Nomination: Denver Post

The Denver Post | Michael Riley and Christopher N. Osher | Posted 09.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Primaries, Andrew Romanoff, US Senate, Colorado Senate, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Election 2010, Ken Salazar, Denver News

Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is poised to mount a Democratic primary campaign against Sen. Michael Bennet. Urged to challenge Gov. Bill Ritte...

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Why Isn't Health Care an American Right?

Terry Humphrey | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Law, Treaties, U.S. Senate, Health Care Reform, China, Human Rights, Hong Kong, Politics News

The U.S. Senate has never ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966, one provision of which would mandate universal health care.

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It's The Health Insurance Lobby, Stupid!

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Health Insurance Lobby, Lobbyists, US Senate, Dr. Sarah Lovinger, Sarah Lovinger, Living News

Our country will have a health insurance bill this year. Despite the angry town halls and the 'death panels', President Obama and the Democratic congress have enough momentum to pass a bill providing health care coverage for all or most Americans. But they need to pass the right bill.

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Ted Kennedy -- "Greatest Senator of our Time"

Mike Smith | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

I arranged for Placido Domingo, the great tenor, to sing to Ted Kennedy on his 72nd B-day. Of course, Teddy loved to sing and joined in two-part harmony. He had a great baritone.

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Remembering Ted Kennedy's Early Career

Danny Miller | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Senate, Massachusetts, Health Care, Voting Rights, Harry Truman, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

Ironically, it was President Kennedy's assassination less than a year into Ted's first term that really allowed the younger Kennedy to find his place on the national stage.

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Malice, Blowback, and the "Yeah, So?" Gambit

Eric Lurio | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Mitt Romney Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, US Senate, Politics News, Ted Kennedy Successor, Ted Kennedy Senate, Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy Dead, Massachusetts, Politics News

Kennedy's last public act before he died was to write the Massachusetts Democratic leadership and plead for the law that forbids a governor from appointing a senator's successor, be changed.

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