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Hillary Confirms Commitment to Health Care for All

The big news from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s Monday health care speech in Iowa is that she is going to make a campaign for health care for all — not just small changes but fundamental reform — a central element of her campaign for the White House. Before the...

Seriousness

MoveOn.org runs an ad exposing an effort to give the public misleading information about the effectiveness of our strategy in Iraq, making it impossible for individuals to make informed decisions about the direction of our foreign policy. Seventy-two members of the...

Subverting Majority Rule

The Republican obstruction campaign continues. Yesterday, the Republican minority in the Senate filibustered and blocked two measures that had majority support in the House, and bipartisan majority support in the Senate. Republicans continue to filibuster at a pace...

White House, MSNBC Fail To Grasp Definition of "More"

MSNBC just previewed President George W. Bush's news conference scheduled for 10:45 AM ET today. The network's White House correspondent said he'll be addressing the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and that Bush wants "more" health insurance for children....

The Health Care Debate Advances

The announcement of Sen. Hillary Clinton's health insurance plan is notable for two reasons. First, Clinton joins the other leading Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards in embracing the core element from Jacob Hacker's...

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