by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2009 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Taken out of context, this argument sounds almost like a right-wing or corporatist knock against the climate change bill that's pending in the Senate: The bill that was introduced this week by Sens. John Kerry and Barbara Boxer could put at risk 4 million American...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Despite Sen. Max Baucus's best efforts to pronounce it dead, the public option keeps refusing to die in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told constituents late yesterday that "we are going to have a public option before this bill goes to the...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 1, 2009 | Blog
When are we going to get sick of stories like this happening over and over again? Stacie Ritter stood outside health insurer Cigna Corp’s Philadelphia headquarters clutching photocopied pictures of her four-year-old, cancer-stricken daughters as she shouted "shame."...
by Brian Dockstader | Oct 1, 2009 | Blog
We have long known that conservatives in Congress are hopelessly out of touch with both reality and the American people. So while it represented nothing new, House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) recent comments on health insurance reform made me do a double...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The legislative battle to lower greenhouse gas emissions is finally getting into full gear in the Senate with Wednesday's introduction of a comprehensive climate change bill. McClatchy News Service reports: The landmark legislation -- called the Clean Energy Jobs and...
