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WATCH>> Al Franken and Norm Coleman Debate Tuesday Voting on YouTube

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home

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"I think voting on the weekend is a great idea, even though that means standing up to the powerful Tuesday lobby."

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Pass S. 223!

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Senate Elections, Politics, Senate, 2008, Disclosure, Activism, Campaign 2008, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Thanks to outdated rules, Senate campaign finance information takes weeks, if not months, to reach the public after it is disclosed. Now it's time to change that.

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Democrats Look To Grab Five Senate Seats On Environment, Economy

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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NASHUA, N.H. -- The maverick voters of New Hampshire love to keep politicians guessing. But this state, famous for its libertarian mojo, has shifted...

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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home

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We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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GOP Follows the Money... All the Way to Big Oil

Matthew Miller | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business

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Big Oil makes record profits, and in turn, sends millions more back into Republican campaigns. Everyone wins except for average Americans who find themselves paying record high gas prices.

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Obama Still Does Not Know His Place

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

What angers John McCain and bemuses many traditional observers is how unflappable Barack Obama remains in public, no matter how condescending the attacks.

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My Floor Speech on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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Every day that we wait, 8,500 more homes fall into foreclosure across America; 8,500 people are in danger of losing their houses every single day.

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Dems Will Gain Seats This Fall -- But How Many?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bolu Adeyeye | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Lost amid the media frenzy over Barack Obama's tour abroad is recognition that this week has arguably been the most successful of the cycle for Senate...

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

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Senator Nunn's Last Chance

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Sam Nunn will not be on the ticket with Obama. But if he would like to be offered the job of Secretary of State or Defense, he has to tell Obama that he supports repealing DADT -- and he has to mean it.

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Health Care for All

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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For a relatively small amount of money, we can provide primary health care to every American in need of it through an expansion of the successful Federally Qualified Health Center program.

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Reading The Pictures: Lieberman Co-Chairs The Disappropriation Committee

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

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Planted between these two chairs, the suggestion in this NYT image is that Lieberman is straddling between the two parties.

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Early Clues Ignored That Obama Would Be McCain's Siamese Twin On the Big Ticket Issues

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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It's getting harder and harder to find much difference between presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain...

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Exclusive: Congress Plans Historic Hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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Seeking 60 Seats

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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If Democrats want to increase their majority in the Senate to 60 so that Barack Obama's agenda would not be held hostage by Republican filibusters, they will have to gain 10 new seats.

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Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.

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Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

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History is Made: New GI Bill Signed into Law

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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It is a promise we made to the veterans of World War II: that those who defend our country should be able to take advantage of America's opportunity. This legislation again fulfills that promise.

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Housing Rescue Bill Passes Key Senate Hurdle

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both ...

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From Staffer to Contractor: Stopping the Pentagon's Revolving Door

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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The need for more aggressive scrutiny is abundantly clear. GAO has identified $295 billion in cost overruns -- the Pentagon can't balance its books or keep track of its vast inventory.

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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Bold Climate Action: 1Sky Shows That Our Children Can't Wait

Betsy Taylor | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green

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Pundits wonder how much it might cost to fix things and whether pivoting to a green economy might hurt a few companies that line powerful pockets. And meanwhile, Greenland melts.

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Lawmakers in the Dark

Carl Pope | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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It's evident to almost anyone -- more and more Americans are taking steps in their own lives to reduce energy use and tackle global warming as best th...

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