by Bill Scher | Jul 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Oh Noes! Senate Bill Not Bipartisan. How Did It Ever Pass?! Senate health committee passes public plan option. Insurance lobby cries. W. Post: "President Obama's ambitious drive to overhaul the nation's $2.3 trillion health-care system cleared a key Senate committee...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
One of the most schizoid aspects of Age of Reagan was the peculiar division of labor that developed between conservatives and progressives over the question of morality. Somewhere on the road between 1980 and 1994, the conservatives seized and locked down exclusive...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
Now that congressional leaders have named the members of the Financial Services Inquiry Commission—what is often referred to as the "Pecora Commission"—we are going to see once again who is prepared to lay the groundwork for real financial reform...
by Bill Scher | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
Thank you Sarah Palin, for crystallizing the choice facing us on climate and energy. With her Washington Post oped, Sarah Palin is taking her position as the most popular Republican among Republicans to lead conservative opposition to the clean energy jobs and climate...
by Bill Scher | Jul 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Cost-Saving Public Plan In House Bill The Hill on timing for legislation: "Three House committees will begin marking up their legislation before the end of the week, setting up what would be a historic vote on President Obama’s signature domestic issue in just over...