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Advocacy Groups May Reshape Message During Holidays
(Blog Post) The Senate debate on health care, set to begin the week after Thanksgiving, is now on course to collide with the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes
Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare ...via Memeorandum -
Nidal Hasan Emails Could Indicate Fort Hood Shooting Was A Terrorist Plot
WASHINGTON – The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Hacked Emails Show Climate Science Ridden with Rancor
The picture that emerges of prominent climate-change scientists from the more than 3,000 documents and emails ...via Fair Spin -
Obama Aims to Allay Auto Lobby Concern on Korea Trade
President Barack Obama said he is committed to pushing through a free trade agreement with South Korea that has ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Republicans Hope For Just One Defection
(Audio - streaming) No Republicans will vote Saturday night to advance the Senate's health care bill to open debate, Republican Whip ...via NPR
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Road to Copenhagen Part: US Climate Legislation & Lobbyists
(Blog Post) Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill was fought hard by the energy ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort ...via NewsRack -
Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Army Suicides Hit Record and Will Likely Continue to Rise
Suicides among veterans and soldiers have reached a record high this year and are set to continue rising, Pentagon ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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Landrieu a 'yes,' all eyes on Lincoln
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The real reason Obama is not making much progress
So far, Obama has tried to co-opt the corporations into his agenda by ensuring they will profit from any changes, ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
The Deadline Presidency
As a professor of constitutional law, Barack Obama gave his students eight hours to complete his exam—even though ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Climate
(Video) The Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the country's most influential environmental groups, has sent at ...Posted by Amanda Erickson -
Kerry: Afghan handoff may take 4-5 years
In the past year Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has become a more prominent force in Washington. As chairman of the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
High noon in Washington, D.C.
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Depleted Uranium and the Medical Mismanagement of Gulf War Veterans
The United States insists that weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) pose no health hazards to exposed ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
How Stimulating
(Blog Post) Republican critics of the economic recovery efforts, when they're not taking credit for the money that's benefiting ... -
If It Were Me, I'd Be Embarrassed
(Blog Post) Last Wednesday, a media firestorm erupted after a seventeen-year-old girl named Jackie was interviewed by MSNBC's ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Anticlimax in the Senate
(Blog Post) The media is stirring up drama regarding tomorrow's vote - namely, they are speculating whether Landrieu and ...
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Seniors skeptical of health overhaul
For seniors opposed to an overhaul, much of the fear stems from well-publicized news reports of massive Medicare ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Lexington: Farmers v greens
In the Senate, however, every state gets exactly two votes. Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Chamber’s Donohue Keeps Cash Coming After PG&E, Apple Defect
Apple Inc. and three other members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quit over its opposition to climate-change ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
NAM Speaks Softly on Climate -- Does It Carry a Big Stick?
The biggest U.S. manufacturers' alliance has gone from being a ferocious critic of global warming legislation to ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Environmental groups debate new tack in climate-change fight
A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the Senate balkily starts to focus on the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Chevron's lobby campaign backfires
Facing the possibility of a $27 billion pollution judgment against it in an Ecuadorean court, Chevron launched an ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort ...via NewsRack -
Missing the Gain But Joining the Pain
Since the industrial revolution, profits from the exploitation of fossil energy — coal, oil and natural gas — ...Posted by J Sinclaire -
Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was ...Posted by Ben Ross
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The real reason Obama is not making much progress
So far, Obama has tried to co-opt the corporations into his agenda by ensuring they will profit from any changes, ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Copenhagen summit: Change we can't yet believe in
Confirming yesterday what had already been apparent for some months, Barack Obama and other leaders yesterday said ...via AllTop
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Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie -
TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve
