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In what, quite frankly, is a bizarre turn of events, the energy bill going to the House floor today will be even stronger than reported earlier. The bill now includes $21 billion in tax credits for renewable energy, paid for by ending handouts to fossil fuel...

President Bush is continuing to attack Congress for not yet passing legislation to prevent the Alternative Minimum Tax from making millions of Americans unfairly pay a greater than necessary share in taxes. He raised the issue three times in the last four days. What...

One of the reasons why I wrote yesterday's post on the energy bill deal was in anticipation of articles like today's in the New York Times. ...despite the tougher 35 m.p.g. standard, a growing population of drivers would push up total fuel use, as well as greenhouse...

A majority in both houses of Congress, reflecting the desires of the American people, wants to shift the direction of our energy policy away from the fossil fuel past and towards a renewable energy future. To that end, the Senate passed an energy bill in June, the...

Dizzying highs and agonizing lows for the Watchdog this Sunday. On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace didn't ask Karl Rove about his lie regarding the Iraq war authorization vote. But after Rep. Chris van Hollen, D-Md. raised the subject, calling on Rove to "retract"...

I've been doing a regular segment on Bloggingheads.tv with Conn Carroll (now with the conservative Heritage Foundation) called "The Week In Blog." Among other topics, we discussed the recent GOP presidential debate and the party's obsession with immigration. Click...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

As I blogged earlier, tomorrow offers a rare event: The Heartland Presidential Forum, featuring real people asking candidates questions about real issues that affect working families and impoverished Americans. If you can't be in Des Moines at 1:30 PM CT, you can...

David Brooks, Lou Dobbs, and their massive egos may not realize this, but we do not have to choose between their flawed economic visions for American and the world. But their little Pinstripe Catfight this week does help illustrate the weaknesses in both their...

The Republican CNN/YouTube debate lasted over two hours Wednesday night. But once more, we learned nothing about what the candidates would do about the economic straits we are in. Not a word about the housing crisis—the rising tide of foreclosures, plummeting housing...